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surrogate mother
(redirected from surrogate motherhood)

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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
n
(Medicine) a woman who bears a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child, either by artificial insemination from the man or implantation of an embryo from the woman
surrogacy  [ˈsʌrəgəsɪ] n
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Noun1.surrogate mother - a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do sosurrogate 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 biologica

surrogate mother الأم البديلة náhradní matka rugemor Leihmutter ανάδοχη μητέρα madre de alquiler, madre sustituta kohdunvuokraaja mère porteuse surogatna majka madre surrogata 代理母 대리모 draagmoeder surrogatmor matka zastępcza mãe de aluguel, mãe de aluguer суррогатная мать surrogatmamma ผู้หญิงที่รับอุ้มท้องแทน taşıyıcı anne người mẹ đẻ thay 代孕母亲


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