surrogate motherhood

surrogate motherhood
A relationship in which one woman bears and gives birth to a child for a person or a couple who then adopts or takes legal custody of the child; also called mothering by proxy.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


surrogate motherhood
A relationship in which one woman bears and gives birth to a child for a person or a couple who then adopts or takes legal custody of the child; also called mothering by proxy.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • surrogate motherhood — noun see surrogate mother * * * surrogate motherhood noun • • • Main Entry: ↑surrogate * * * surrogate mother, 1. a woman who gives birth to a child through artificial insemination by a man who is not her husband. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • surrogate motherhood — noun see surrogate mother …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • surrogate mother — n a woman who becomes pregnant usu. by artificial insemination or surgical implantation of a fertilized egg for the purpose of carrying the fetus to term for another woman surrogate motherhood n * * * a woman who becomes pregnant (by artificial… …   Medical dictionary

  • surrogate mother — noun Date: 1978 a woman who becomes pregnant usually by artificial insemination or surgical implantation of a fertilized egg for the purpose of carrying the fetus to term for another woman • surrogate motherhood noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • surrogate mother — /sʌrəgət ˈmʌðə/ (say suruhguht mudhuh) noun a woman who, usually for a fee, performs a service for a couple who wish to have a child, either of being impregnated by the male partner and bringing the child to term, or of having an embryo conceived …  

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  • surrogatemother — surrogate mother n. 1. A woman who bears a child for another person, often for pay, either through artificial insemination or by carrying until birth another woman s surgically implanted fertilized egg. 2. One that acts as, serves as, or is a… …   Universalium

  • Surrogacy — is an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another couple or person. This woman may be the child s genetic mother (called traditional surrogacy), or she may carry the pregnancy to delivery after having an embryo, to which …   Wikipedia

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