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My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it.
Arabella Weir

Meaning of "surrogate mother" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SURROGATE MOTHER

surrogate mother  [ˈsʌrəɡəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURROGATE MOTHER

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Surrogate mother is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SURROGATE MOTHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Surrogacy

A surrogacy arrangement or surrogacy agreement is the carrying of a pregnancy for intended parents. There are two main types of surrogacy, gestational surrogacy and traditional surrogacy. In gestational surrogacy, the pregnancy results from the transfer of an embryo created by IVF, in a manner so the resulting child is genetically unrelated to the surrogate. Gestational surrogates are also referred to as gestational carriers. In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate is impregnated naturally or artificially, but the resulting child is genetically related to the surrogate. In the U.S, gestational surrogacy is more common than traditional surrogacy and is considered less legally complex. Intended parents may seek a surrogacy arrangement when medical issues make pregnancy not possible or make carrying a pregnancy risky or otherwise undesirable, or because the intended parent or parents are male. Monetary compensation may or may not be involved in surrogacy arrangements. If the surrogate receives compensation beyond the reimbursement of medical and other reasonable expenses, the arrangement is called commercial surrogacy; otherwise, it is referred to as altruistic surrogacy.

Definition of surrogate mother in the English dictionary

The definition of surrogate mother in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURROGATE MOTHER


accuracy
ˈækjʊrəsɪ
advocacy
ˈædvəkəsɪ
Agassi
ˈæɡəsɪ
argosy
ˈɑːɡəsɪ
conspiracy
kənˈspɪrəsɪ
delegacy
ˈdɛlɪɡəsɪ
democracy
dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ
diplomacy
dɪˈpləʊməsɪ
ecstasy
ˈɛkstəsɪ
efficacy
ˈɛfɪkəsɪ
embassy
ˈɛmbəsɪ
fantasy
ˈfæntəsɪ
intimacy
ˈɪntɪməsɪ
legacy
ˈlɛɡəsɪ
literacy
ˈlɪtərəsɪ
pharmacy
ˈfɑːməsɪ
privacy
ˈpraɪvəsɪ
profligacy
ˈprɒflɪɡəsɪ
surrogacy
ˈsʌrəɡəsɪ
Varanasi
vəˈrɑːnəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURROGATE MOTHER

surrender value
surrenderee
surrenderer
surrenderor
surreptitious
surreptitiously
surreptitiousness
surrey
surrogacy
surrogate
surrogate motherhood
surrogateship
surrogation
surrogatum
surround
surround sound
surrounding
surroundings
surrounds
surroyal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURROGATE MOTHER

another
Big Brother
bother
brother
each other
either
every other
grandmother
in one ear and out the other
mother
no other
none other
one another
one way and another
one with another
or other
other
smoother
somehow or other
stepmother
the other

Synonyms and antonyms of surrogate mother in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «surrogate mother» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURROGATE MOTHER

Find out the translation of surrogate mother to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surrogate mother from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surrogate mother» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

代孕母亲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

madre de alquiler
570 millions of speakers

English

surrogate mother
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सरोगेट मां
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أُمٌّ بَدِيلَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суррогатная мать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mãe de aluguel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সৎ মা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mère porteuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ibu pengganti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leihmutter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

代理母
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대리모
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ibu surrogate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người mẹ đẻ thay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாகை தாயே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिशपचा प्रतिनिधिक दुय्यम आई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taşıyıcı anne
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

madre surrogata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

matka zastępcza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сурогатна мати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mamă surogat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάδοχη μητέρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

surrogaatmoeder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

surrogatmamma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

surrogatmor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surrogate mother

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURROGATE MOTHER»

The term «surrogate mother» is regularly used and occupies the 60.664 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURROGATE MOTHER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «surrogate mother» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «surrogate mother» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surrogate mother

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QUOTES WITH «SURROGATE MOTHER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word surrogate mother.
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Arabella Weir
My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURROGATE MOTHER»

Discover the use of surrogate mother in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surrogate mother and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Birth Mother: The Story of America's First Legal Surrogate ...
America's first legal surrogate mother discusses the growing controversy over surrogacy, explaining how she reached the decision to become a surrogate in 1980 and why, seven years later, she has reversed her opinion to fight against the ...
Elizabeth Kane, 1988
2
Surrogate motherhood: conception in the heart
Looks at surrogate mother programs and their guidelines, discusses the motivations of surrogate mothers, and considers current issues
Helena Ragoné, 1994
3
Wanted One Surrogate Mother
Austin Blackburn a wealthy businessman and his best childhood friend Dr. Bo Brooks lived next door to each in New York City.
Las Chance, 2012
4
Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy
However, it is less likely that a woman would use a surrogate mother, rather than a surrogate gestational mother, for those purposes. With a surrogate mother, the woman gives up not only the gestational inconvenience but also the chance to ...
Lawrence O. Gostin, 1990
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Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering ...
(Often the surrogate mother is paid for her services.) At birth the surrogate mother terminates her parental rights, and the child is then legally adopted by the sperm donor and his wife. Couples using the services of a surrogate mother are ...
Charles Zastrow, 2009
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Surrogate Motherhood: International Perspectives
(Verny (1994:82) ).18 Extended Family and Friends of the Surrogate Mother If the surrogate has living parents and she has told them of her action, how do they feel about this 'grandchild' leaving their lives? Further research is clearly needed.
Rachel Cook, Shelley Day Sclater, Felicity Kaganas, 2003
7
Family Law: The Essentials
intended parent A person who wants to raise a child as its legal parent and who enters an agreement with a surrogate mother to bear and deliver the child. The person hiring the surrogate mother may or may not be genetically (biologically) ...
William Statsky, 2014
8
Source Book in Bioethics
The use of a surrogate mother has raised a range of issues about third-party involvement in procreation, such as whether that involvement is destructive to the marital bond or psychologically harmful to the third party and whether the child has ...
Albert R. Jonsen, Robert M. Veatch, LeRoy Walters, 1999
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SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD
The state would be preventing the couple from arranging to have the husband's child, not because of any purpose to prevent them from having a child, but rather because of the burden such an arrangement places upon the surrogate mother.
Martha A. FIELD, 2009
10
Philosophical Ethics in Reproductive Medicine: Proceedings ...
In theory the genetic surrogate mother's donation of her embryo in utero results in there being no difference from a quasi-legal point of view between genetic surrogacy and gestatory surrogacy. In both cases the child is deemed to belong to the ...
David R. Bromham, Maureen E. Dalton, Jennifer C. Jackson, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURROGATE MOTHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surrogate mother is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baby Chimp Keeva Gets New Surrogate Mother After Biological …
A baby chimpanzee named Keeva is now getting a new surrogate chimp mother after her biological mother was unable to properly care for her. Originally born ... «ABC News, May 15»
2
Gay couple win UK court battle for custody of baby over surrogate
LONDON — A gay couple have won the custody of a baby girl conceived by a surrogate mother. In a decision passed by the High Court earlier this year and just ... «Mashable, May 15»
3
Israel Evacuates Surrogate Babies From Nepal but Leaves the …
The infants' arrival completed the evacuation of 26 surrogate Israeli babies from ... Only heterosexual couples can easily employ surrogate mothers in Israel. «TIME, Apr 15»
4
A shocking scandal led Thailand to ban surrogacy for hire
It was a scandal that rocked the surrogacy world: A 6-month-old baby boy with Down syndrome born to a Thai surrogate mother had been allegedly abandoned ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
5
Baby Gammy granted Australian citizenship
Baby Gammy, who was born with Down's syndrome to a surrogate mother in Thailand, has been granted Australian citizenship, local media report. Gammy was ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
6
Thai parliament votes to ban commercial surrogacy trade
Thailand's parliament has voted to ban commercial surrogacy after outrage over ... The first came when a Thai surrogate mother alleged that Australians David ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
7
Parents Abandon Surrogate Baby Boy Because They Already Had a …
After the worldwide storm over baby Gammy, a child with Down Syndrome whose parents abandoned him with the surrogate mother after he and his twin sister ... «LifeNews.com, Oct 14»
8
Australian couple leaves Thailand with child born to surrogate mother
An Australian same-sex couple prevented from departing Thailand with a child born to a surrogate mother has now been allowed to leave by immigration ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
9
Surrogacy Hub Thailand to Restrict 'Rent a Womb' Services
Any foreigners leaving Thailand with children born to surrogate mothers here must now produce a court order verifying legal custody. That was confirmed Friday ... «Voice of America, Aug 14»
10
Thai surrogate baby Gammy: Australian parents 'wanted him'
The Australian couple accused of abandoning a baby born with Down's syndrome to a Thai surrogate mother say they wanted to take him home. David and ... «BBC News, Aug 14»

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