| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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surrogate
1) a deputy; substitute; 2) a woman who, by means of artificial insemination, substitutes for a woman unable to become pregnant
The chairman was reluctant to deal with a surrogate on such an important matter.
Latin root words: subrogo, subrogare, subrogavi, subrogatus - to put in another’s place; to substitute; rogo, rogare, rogavi, rogatus - to ask
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