biological mother

English

Noun

biological mother (plural biological mothers)

1. The female who gives birth to a child. She is usually the genetic mother (the female from whom one inherits half of one's DNA and who is the source of one's mitochondrial DNA) but may sometimes be the surrogate mother.
   1. The genetic mother specifically.

Translations

woman from whom one inherits DNA

• Finnish: biologinen äiti
• French: mère biologique f
• Italian: madre biologica f
• Malay: ibu kandung, emak kandung
• Romanian: mamă biologică f

See also

• baby mama
• biological father
• biomother
• birth mother
• surrogate mother