Surrogacy
| Surrogacy | |
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| Term | Surrogacy |
| Short definition | surrogacy - (pronounced) (SER-uh-well PREG-well-see) form of pregnancy in which a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for a person who is unable to have children. In surrogacy, eggs from the woman who will carry the baby or from an egg donor are fertilized with sperm from a sperm donor to create an embryo. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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surrogacy - (pronounced) (SER-uh-well PREG-well-see) form of pregnancy in which a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for a person who is unable to have children. In surrogacy, eggs from the woman who will carry the baby or from an egg donor are fertilized with sperm from a sperm donor to create an embryo. The embryo is implanted in the uterus of the surrogate mother, who carries the baby until birth. Surrogacy can be an option for men or women who want to have children and have received certain cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, that can lead to infertility
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Surrogacy
- Wikipedia's article - Surrogacy
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