- surrogacy
- noun Date: 1982 the practice of serving as a surrogate mother
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
surrogacy
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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
surrogacy — sur·ro·ga·cy / sər ə gə sē/ n pl cies: the office of a surrogate Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. surrogacy … Law dictionary
surrogacy — 1811; see SURROGATE (Cf. surrogate) + CY (Cf. cy) … Etymology dictionary
surrogacy — [sʉr′ə gə sē] n. pl. surrogacies 1. the fact or condition of being a surrogate 2. the act or practice of utilizing a surrogate mother to conceive and bear a child … English World dictionary
surrogacy — [[t]sʌ̱rəgəsi, AM sɜ͟ːr [/t]] N UNCOUNT Surrogacy is an arrangement by which a woman gives birth to a baby on behalf of a woman who is physically unable to have babies herself, and then gives the baby to her. In this country it is illegal to pay… … English dictionary
surrogacy — surrogate ► NOUN 1) a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a role or office. 2) (in the Christian Church) a bishop s deputy who grants marriage licences. DERIVATIVES surrogacy noun. ORIGIN from Latin surrogare elect as a… … English terms dictionary
surrogacy — /serr euh geuh see, sur /, n. the state of being a surrogate or surrogate mother. [1810 20] * * * … Universalium
surrogacy — noun a) The state or condition of being a surrogate. b) The practice of being a surrogate mother … Wiktionary
surrogacy — sur·ro·ga·cy sər ə gə sē, sə rə n, pl cies the practice of serving as a surrogate mother … Medical dictionary
surrogacy — sur|ro|ga|cy [ sʌrəgəsi ] noun uncount an arrangement in which a woman gives birth to a baby for another woman who cannot have children … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
