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生命倫理学 (seimeirinrigaku) Japanese meaning: bioethics | Kotomora

生せい命めい倫りん理り学がく

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Meanings

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Academic field dealing with ethical issues in biology and medicine.

生せい命めい倫りん理り学がくは、医い療りょう技ぎ術じゅつの進しん歩ぽに伴

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Bioethics is becoming increasingly important with advances in medical technology.

彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで生せい命めい倫りん理り学がくを専せん攻こうしている。

She is majoring in bioethics at university.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
命fate, command, decree
倫ethics, companion
理logic, arrangement, reason
学study, learning, science

Related words

倫りん理り学がく
倫理学 is general ethics, while 生命倫理学 specifically applies ethical principles to life sciences and medicine.

Built from

生せい命めい+倫りん理り学がく

Etymology

Compound of 生命 (life) + 倫理学 (ethics). A modern academic term, likely a calque from English 'bioethics'.