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Surrogate — may refer to:Cultural relationships: * Surrogate pregnancy, an arrangement for a woman to carry and give birth to a child who will be raised by others * Sex surrogate, in sexual therapy * Surrogate marriage, a custom in African cultureIn the arts … Wikipedia
Pregnancy over age 50 — has become more possible for women, due to recent advances in assisted reproductive technology, such as egg donation. Typically, a woman s fecundity ends with menopause, which by definition is 12 consecutive months without having had a period.… … Wikipedia
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 motherhood — Practice in which a woman (the surrogate mother) bears a child for a couple unable to produce children, usually because the wife is infertile or unable to carry a pregnancy to term. The surrogate is impregnated either through artificial… … Universalium
Pregnancy — For pregnancy in non human animals, see Pregnancy (mammals). Pregnancy Classification and external resources A pregnant woman at the end of the second trimester. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Reproduction and pregnancy in science fiction — Reproduction and pregnancy are common themes in science fiction, as well as utopian and dystopian works. Reproductive themes include, among others, pregnancy, forms of reproduction (sexual reproduction, parthenogenesis, ectogenesis, alien human… … Wikipedia
Immune tolerance in pregnancy — or gestational/maternal immune tolerance is the absence of a maternal immune response against the fetus and placenta, which thus may be viewed as unusually successful allografts, since they genetically differ from the mother.[1] In the same way,… … Wikipedia
The Surrogate (The Outer Limits) — Infobox Television episode Title = The Surrogate Series = The Outer Limits Caption = Season = 7 Episode = 4 Airdate = Production = Writer = A L Katz Director = Ken Girotti Photographer = Guests = Episode list = List of The Outer Limits episodes… … Wikipedia
Surrogacy — is an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another couple or person. This woman may be the child s genetic mother (called traditional surrogacy), or she may carry the pregnancy to delivery after having an embryo, to which … Wikipedia
Sexual intercourse — Intromission redirects here. For other uses, see Intromission (disambiguation). Making love redirects here. For other uses, see Making love (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
