surrogate mother

sur·ro·gate moth·er

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun, adjective sur-uh-geyt, -git, suhr- muhth -er]
- /noun, adjective ˈsɜr əˌgeɪt, -gɪt, ˈsʌr- ˈmʌð ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun, adjective sur-uh-geyt, -git, suhr- muhth -er]
- /noun, adjective ˈsɜr əˌgeɪt, -gɪt, ˈsʌr- ˈmʌð ər/

Definitions of surrogate mother words

noun surrogate mother a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother. 1
noun surrogate mother an animal that is given another's offspring to raise. 1
noun surrogate mother Medicine/Medical. a woman who helps a couple to have a child by carrying to term an embryo conceived by the couple and transferred to her uterus, or by being inseminated with the man's sperm and either donating the embryo for transfer to the woman's uterus or carrying it to term. 1
noun surrogate mother woman who carries another's baby 1
countable noun surrogate mother A surrogate mother is a woman who has agreed to give birth to a baby on behalf of another woman. 0
noun surrogate mother 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 0

before 1975

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1975-80

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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