surrogate mother

surrogate mother definition - medical

surrogate mother

noun
A woman who agrees to bear a child for another woman, either through artificial insemination by the other woman's husband or partner or by carrying until birth the other woman's surgically implanted fertilized egg.

Related Forms:

  • surrogate motherhood noun

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