Surrogate mother — Sur ro*gate mother, n. 1. a person or who serves in place of the biological mother for child, as for caring or nurturing. [PJC] 2. a female animal that raises and nurses the offspring of another animal. [PJC] 3. a woman who becomes pregnant by an … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
surrogate mother — n a woman who becomes pregnant usu. by artificial insemination or surgical implantation of a fertilized egg for the purpose of carrying the fetus to term for another woman surrogate motherhood n * * * a woman who becomes pregnant (by artificial… … Medical dictionary
surrogate mother — also surrogate n a woman who has a baby for another woman who cannot have one, and then gives her the baby after it is born … Dictionary of contemporary English
surrogate mother — surrogate mothers N COUNT A surrogate mother is a woman who has agreed to give birth to a baby on behalf of another woman … English dictionary
surrogate mother — noun count a woman who gives birth to a baby for another woman who cannot have children … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
surrogate mother — ► NOUN ▪ a woman who bears a child on behalf of another woman, either from her own egg or from having a fertilized egg from the other woman implanted in her womb … English terms dictionary
surrogate mother — noun a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father s semen and carries the fetus to term • Hypernyms: ↑mother, ↑female parent * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] … Useful english dictionary
surrogate mother — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms surrogate mother : singular surrogate mother plural surrogate mothers a woman who gives birth to a baby for another woman who cannot have children … English dictionary
surrogate mother — noun Date: 1978 a woman who becomes pregnant usually by artificial insemination or surgical implantation of a fertilized egg for the purpose of carrying the fetus to term for another woman • surrogate motherhood noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
surrogate mother — a woman who becomes pregnant (by artificial insemination or embryo insertion) following an arrangement made with another party (usually a couple unable themselves to have children) in which she agrees to hand over the child she carries to that… … The new mediacal dictionary
