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MeSH Heading: Gestational Carriers
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: Females 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 Mothers; Host Mothers; Mothers, Gestational; Mothers, Surrogate; Surrogate Mothers
Previous Indexing: Ethics, Medical (1966-1985); Insemination, Artificial (1966-1985); Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous (1975-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 2025; see SURROGATE MOTHERS 1990-2024; for SURROGATE MOTHERS see MOTHERS 1986-1989
History Note: 2025 (1990); for SURROGATE MOTHERS use MOTHERS 1986-1989
Date Introduced: 1990/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: education (ED)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0020908
Scope Note: Females 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: Gestational Carriers Preferred Term
Term UI T039830
Date07/23/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Gestational Mothers
Term UI T039828
Date09/14/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Host Mothers
Term UI T039825
Date06/26/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1986); Mothers, Gestational
Term UI T039829
Date09/14/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Mothers, Surrogate
Term UI T039826
Date03/20/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Surrogate Mothers
Term UI T039827
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
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Gestational Carriers MeSH Descriptor Data 2026