Surrogate Mother

Definition: Surrogate Mother

Surrogate Mother

Noun

1. 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".

Specialty Definition: Surrogate Mother

Specialty Definition: Surrogate mother

A surrogate mother is a woman who carries a child for a couple or single person with the intention of giving that child up once it is born. The surrogate mother may be the baby's biological mother (traditional surrogacy) or she may be implanted with someone else's fertilized egg (gestational surrogacy). The most common reason for using a surrogate mother is infertility.

It is estimated that in the United States, the costs of using a surrogate mother range between US$28,000 and $45,000. Gestational surrogacy costs more than traditional surrogacy, since more complicated medical procedures are required.

The most famous case of surrogacy was the Baby M case, in which the surrogate mother refused to surrender the child she had borne to the child's biological father. The Supreme Court of New Jersey awarded custody to the biological father and visitation rights to the surrogate mother.

Commercial Usage: Surrogate Mother

Domain	Title
Books	Birth Mother: Surrogate Mother (reference) Surrogate Mother (reference) Surrogate mother : one woman's story (reference) Unplanned Parenthood: The Confessions of a Seventysomething Surrogate Mother (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Surrogate Mother

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Senopol surrogate mother with Romosinuano embryo transfer calf. A tropically adapted breed from the Caribbean, Senopols are increasingly popular throughout warmer U.S. regions. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Surrogate Mother

Modern Translation: Surrogate Mother

Language		Translations for "surrogate mother"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		surrogatmoder, erstatningsmoder. (various references)

Dutch		surrogaatmoeder, leenmoeder, draagmoeder. (various references)

French		mère porteuse, mère de substitution, mère de remplacement, mère d'accueil. (various references)

German		Mietmutter, Leihmutter, Ersatzmutter. (various references)

Greek		βιολογική μητέρα, μητέρα-αντικαταστάτρια. (various references)

Italian		madre surrogata, madre su commissione, madre per conto terzi. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		代理母 , サルモネラ食中�' (overall, salmonella food poisoning, salon, salon music, sarong, sarong apron, surrogate pair). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		サロゲートマザー , � いりはは. (various references)

Pig Latin		urrogatesay othermay

Portuguese		mãe hospedeira, mãe biológica (birth mother). (various references)

Russian		временная мать. (various references)

Spanish		madre portadora, madre de alquiler. (various references)

Swedish		surrigatmamma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Surrogate Mother

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-h-m-o-o-r-r-r-s-t-t-u"
	-3 letters: heterogamous.
	-4 letters: heteroatoms, tetramerous.
	-5 letters: heteroatom, rotameters, stereogram.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-h-m-o-o-r-r-r-s-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: thermoregulators.
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Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	A female animal who bears the offspring of another individual. The embryos are transferred to her uterus and grown there until they are ready to be born. Source: European Union. (references)
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Expression	Frequency per Day
surrogate mother	498
surrogate mother online	60
become a surrogate mother	5
becoming a surrogate mother	5
surrogate mother program	3
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Surrogate Mother

Definition: Surrogate Mother