A method of reproduction in which a woman agrees to become pregnant, using her own eggs, and carry a child for another individual or couple. In some situations and locations a surrogate mother may be paid for her services. The term is sometimes used to refer to a woman who agrees to carry a biologically unrelated child for another couple that was c [..]

1811; see surrogate + -cy.

pl: -cies : the office of a surrogate

Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant and deliver a child for a contracted party. There are two types of surrogacy such as traditional surrogacy and gestational surroga [..]

(rare) The state or condition of being a surrogate. The practice of being a surrogate mother.

An arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another person/couple. A child born of a surrogate would have the surrogate’s genetics along with sperm donor’s genetics.

When another woman (a surrogate) carries a child and gives birth on behalf of someone else.