"biochild" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: biochildren [plural]
Etymology: From bio- + child. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|child}} bio- + child Head templates: {{en-noun|biochildren}} biochild (plural biochildren)
  1. A biological child. Categories (topical): Family members Synonyms: biokid [informal]
    Sense id: en-biochild-en-noun-qptmlMmk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bio-

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1971, Frontiers in Adoption: Finding Homes for the \"Hard to Place\", a Report of a Conference and Its Impact, Council on Adoptable Children, page 128",
          "text": "Mr. and Mrs. \"B\" were the Jewish parents of two biochildren, one in school and one about to start. They had planned for several years to adopt children who might not find adoptive parents and were open to and interested in dual heritage and minority children.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Implementation of the Interethnic Adoption Amendments: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 156",
          "text": "The social worker prior to the mothers reappearing had discouraged us from adoption because she was biracial and we were white. We had 3 biochildren who were white and did realize that she would always be a black child.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Eben Kirksey, “Epilogue: We Have Never Been Human”, in The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans, Bristol University Press, page 257",
          "text": "Medical scientists “somehow believe that they need to prioritize and fulfill the desire for a biochild,” she said.",
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          "ref": "1971, Frontiers in Adoption: Finding Homes for the \"Hard to Place\", a Report of a Conference and Its Impact, Council on Adoptable Children, page 128",
          "text": "Mr. and Mrs. \"B\" were the Jewish parents of two biochildren, one in school and one about to start. They had planned for several years to adopt children who might not find adoptive parents and were open to and interested in dual heritage and minority children.",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Implementation of the Interethnic Adoption Amendments: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 156",
          "text": "The social worker prior to the mothers reappearing had discouraged us from adoption because she was biracial and we were white. We had 3 biochildren who were white and did realize that she would always be a black child.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Eben Kirksey, “Epilogue: We Have Never Been Human”, in The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans, Bristol University Press, page 257",
          "text": "Medical scientists “somehow believe that they need to prioritize and fulfill the desire for a biochild,” she said.",
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