Definition of 'surrogate mother'
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surrogate mother in British English
noun
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
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surrogate mother in American English
noun
1.
a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother
3. Medicine
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
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surrogate mother
British English: surrogate mother
/ˈsʌrəɡɪt ˈmʌðə/ NOUN
A surrogate mother is a woman who has agreed to give birth to a baby on behalf of another person.
- American English: surrogate mother /ˈsʌrəɡɪt ˈmʌðər/
- Arabic: أُمٌّ بَدِيلَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: mãe de aluguel medicina
- Chinese: 代孕母亲
- Croatian: surogatna majka
- Czech: náhradní matka
- Danish: rugemor
- Dutch: draagmoeder
- European Spanish: madre de alquiler
- Finnish: kohdunvuokraaja
- French: mère porteuse
- German: Leihmutter
- Greek: ανάδοχη μητέρα
- Italian: madre surrogata
- Japanese: 代理母
- Korean: 대리모
- Norwegian: surrogatmor
- Polish: matka zastępcza
- European Portuguese: mãe de aluguer medicina
- Romanian: mamă surogat
- Russian: суррогатная мать
- Latin American Spanish: madre sustituta
- Swedish: surrogatmamma
- Thai: ผู้หญิงที่รับอุ้มท้องแทน
- Turkish: taşıyıcı anne
- Ukrainian: сурогатна мати
- Vietnamese: người mẹ đẻ thay
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