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MeSH Heading: Surrogate Mothers
Tree Number(s): F01.829.263.875.892; I01.880.853.150.688.892; M01.620.892
Unique ID: D013533
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013533
Annotation: human only; check tags HUMAN; FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Scope Note: Women who allow themselves to be impregnated with the understanding that the offspring are to be given over to the parents who have commissioned the surrogate.
Entry Term(s): Gestational Carriers; Gestational Mothers; Host Mothers; Mothers, Gestational; Mothers, Surrogate
Previous Indexing: Ethics, Medical (1966-1985); Insemination, Artificial (1966-1985); Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous (1975-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 90; was see under MOTHERS 1986-89
History Note: 90(86); was see under MOTHERS 1986-89
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/03/20
Revision Date: 2022/04/13

Allowable Qualifiers: education (ED)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0020908
Scope Note: Women who allow themselves to be impregnated with the understanding that the offspring are to be given over to the parents who have commissioned the surrogate.
Terms: Surrogate Mothers Preferred Term
Term UI T039827
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Host Mothers
Term UI T039825
Date06/26/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1986); Gestational Mothers
Term UI T039828
Date09/14/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Mothers, Gestational
Term UI T039829
Date09/14/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Gestational Carriers
Term UI T039830
Date07/23/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Mothers, Surrogate
Term UI T039826
Date03/20/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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