English Explanatory Dictionary

surrogacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or condition of being a surrogate.
  2. The practice of being a surrogate mother.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɝəɡəsi/ /ˈsʌɹəɡəsi/

Word forms

surrogacy surrogacies

Etymology

From surrogate + -cy.

Translations

Catalan: gestació per substitució Dutch: draagmoederschap French: gestation pour autrui French: GPA French: subrogation German: Leihmutterschaft German: Tragemutterschaft German: Ersatzmutterschaft Hungarian: béranyaság Interlingua: maternitate subrogate Interlingua: subrogation Italian: maternità surrogata Italian: surrogazione Italian: surroga Italian: surrogamento Norwegian Bokmål: surrogati Norwegian Nynorsk: surrogati Polish: surogacja Spanish: gestación subrogada Spanish: maternidad subrogada Spanish: gestación por sustitución Spanish: vientre de alquiler Spanish: subrogación Swedish: surrogatmödraskap Swedish: värdmödraskap Thai: การอุ้มบุญ Thai: การตั้งครรภ์แทน Finnish: sijaissynnytys Latin: subrogatio
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