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surrogate mother

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surrogate mother
n.
1. A woman who bears a child for another person, often for pay, either through artificial insemination or by carrying until birth another woman's surgically implanted fertilized egg.
2. One that acts as, serves as, or is a mother substitute.

surrogate motherhood n.

surrogate mother
Noun
a woman who gives birth to a child on behalf of a couple who cannot have a baby themselves, usually by artificial insemination
surrogate motherhood
surrogacy n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.surrogate mothersurrogate mother - 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"
female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
Translations

surrogate mother nmadre f de alquiler
surrogate mother nmère porteuse or de substitution
surrogate mother surrogate nLeihmutter f
surrogate mother nmadre f sostitutiva


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