surrogate_mother (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *surrogate mother*:
NOUN	person	surrogate mother	a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so

English > *surrogate mother*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so.
Example	"a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term"
Broader	mother, female parent	A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
Spanish	madre sustituta

HyperDic: surrogate_mother