surrogate

surrogate /sur·ro·gate/ (sur´o-git) a substitute; a thing or person that takes the place of something or someone else, as a drug used in place of another, or a person who takes the place of another in someone's affective existence.

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sur·ro·gate (sûr-gt, -gt)

n.

1. One that takes the place of another; a substitute.

2. A person or an animal that functions as a substitute for another, as in a social or family role.

3. A figure of authority who takes the place of the father or mother in a person's unconscious or emotional life.

4. A surrogate mother.

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surrogate

[sur′əgāt]

Etymology: L, surrogare, to substitute

1 a substitute; a person or thing that replaces another.

2 a person who represents and acts as a parent, taking the place of the father or mother.

3 (in psychoanalysis) a substitute parental figure, a symbolic image or representation of another, as may occur in a dream. The identity of the person represented often remains in the unconscious.

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surrogate,

n 1., a replacement.
2., in homeopathy, a substitute medicine for the exact remedy. See also simillimum.

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surrogate (sur´git),

n a substitute; a person or thing that replaces another.

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surrogate

a substitute; a thing or animal that takes the place of something or some animal, as a drug used in place of another, or, in animal husbandry, an animal which takes the place of another in the family or herd environment.