What does surrogate mother mean?
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sur·ro·gate moth·er
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Princeton's WordNet
surrogate mothernoun
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"
GCIDE
Surrogate mothernoun
a person or who serves in place of the biological mother for child, as for caring or nurturing.
Surrogate mothernoun
a female animal that raises and nurses the offspring of another animal.
Surrogate mothernoun
a woman who becomes pregnant by an artificial procedure (one other than copulation), and bears a child to be raised by another person. The person on whose behalf the child is gestated and born is usually one of the biological parents. The embryo carried by the surrogate mother may be created by in vitro fertilization, and may have no genetic material from the surrogate mother, or the surrogate mother may be impregnated by artificial insemination, usually by sperm donated by the father who is to raise the child. The procedure is common but controversial, and in some states of the United States, contracts for surrogacy are not considered enforceable.
Wiktionary
surrogate mothernoun
A woman who gives birth to a child not her own, with the intent to give that child up to at least one of the biological parents once it is born.
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surrogate mother
A surrogate mother is a woman who agrees, usually by a contract or legal agreement, to become pregnant and carry a child for someone else who is unable to conceive or carry a pregnancy to term. After the birth, the surrogate mother gives up the baby to the intended parents. The pregnancy may be achieved either naturally or through reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilization.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of surrogate mother in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of surrogate mother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of surrogate mother in a Sentence
It's terrifying, i can tell you I didn't get much sleep ... all my thoughts and all my prayers are for the surrogate mother and the unborn child.
The DNA from the somatic cell starts behaving like the DNA of an embryo, once activated, they are cultured in a lab for seven to eight days before being transferred to the uterus of a surrogate mother.
Translations for surrogate mother
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- أم بديلةArabic
- rugemorDanish
- Ersatzmutter, LeihmutterGerman
- αναπληρωματική μητέραGreek
- madre sustitutaSpanish
- sijaisäiti, sijaissynnyttäjäFinnish
- mère porteuseFrench
- madre sostitutivaItalian
- 代理母Japanese
- 대리모, 代理母Korean
- mater surrogataLatin
- plaatsvervangende moederDutch
- mãe substituta, barriga de aluguelPortuguese
- суррога́тная матьRussian
- taşıyıcı anneTurkish
- thay thế mẹVietnamese
- 代孕妈妈Chinese
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