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 bears a child for another couple, either by having her own egg fertilized with the husband’s sperm or by having an embryo made from the couple’s gametes implanted in her uterus, and after birth surrenders her parental rights to the … Law 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
