surrogate mother
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Tweet n. 1. A woman who agrees, usually for pay, to give birth to a child resulting from artificial insemination or the implantation of an already fertilized egg and who surrenders any parental rights to a third party. 2. One that acts as, serves as, or is a mother substitute. surrogate motherhood n. |
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