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surrogate Definition

sur·ro·gate (sʉr′ə git, -gāt′; for v., -gāt′)

noun

  1. a deputy or substitute
  2. ☆ in some states, probate court, or a judge of this court
  3. Psychiatry a substitute figure, esp. a person of some authority, who replaces a father or mother in one's feelings
  4. a woman who, by prior agreement, becomes pregnant and bears a child for another woman, who will raise the child as its mother

Etymology: L surrogatus, pp. of surrogare, to elect in place of another, substitute < sub- (see sub-) + rogare, to ask: see rogation

adjective

of or acting as a surrogate

transitive verb -·gat′ed, -·gat′·ing

to put in another's place as a substitute or deputy

surrogate Synonyms

surrogate

n.

deputy, representative, proxy; see agent 1, delegate, substitute.

surrogate Law Definition

n

A person appointed in place of another, especially a judicial officer who administers things concerning incompetents or decedents, and in certain instances, adoptions; any stand-in.
surrogate’s court Law Definition

n

Synonymous with probate court. See court.
surrogate Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • item: Digital items may be digital versions or surrogates of physical items, or ' born-digital ' .

Converse of object

  • create: The same is true in creating a digital surrogate.
  • become: She adopted our newest rescue and became a surrogate mom to him this year.
  • use: He invaded Croatia and Bosnia using surrogates, and now he uses troops in Kosovo.
  • provide: In a museum context, new technology is often used either to augment, or provide a surrogate for, the physical visit.
  • have: For example, we already have digital surrogates for a number of our rarest printed materials.

Adjective modifier

  • digital: The same is true in creating a digital surrogate.
  • valid: In addition Drosophila tests were not regarded as valid surrogates for in-vivo tests in mammals.
  • low: A high surrogate is always paired with a low surrogate.
  • high: A high surrogate is always paired with a low surrogate.
  • other: It is always best practice to make new surrogates as required and never to create new surrogates from other surrogates.
  • electronic: In most cases the original volume is simply discarded with the electronic surrogate becoming the primary resource.

Modifies a noun

  • endpoints: Search 3 found 18 studies which on the whole, reported favorable outcomes for almost all surrogate endpoints.
  • motherhood: Contrary to the United States, Switzerland bans the donation of eggs and human embryos, and also bans surrogate motherhood.
  • marker: Given the chronic nature of the disease, surrogate markers for survival are used in clinical trials.
  • mother: Why not use a surrogate mother to provide an heir for Abraham?
  • dam: In effect, this meant that the surrogate dams had to be imported from New Zealand.
  • father: March 2000 On Noah's Ark William Gill Was my surrogate father an escaped Nazi?

Noun used with modifier

  • sex: Helen goes back to the Sparrow house and Ron mistakes her for his " sex surrogate " .
  • delivery: Some of the questions answered include: What is meant by archival master images and delivery surrogate images?