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surrogate

surrogate

7 6.7
A measure used instead of a direct medical or scientific result
  • noun
  • /ˈsɜrəɡət/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sustituto
  • Radiological outcome at 2 years has been used as a practical surrogate for this long-term outcome.
  • use surrogates
  • serve as a surrogate
  • surrogate measure

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Examples

  • At Time 1, the CBCL was completed by a parent or surrogate as part of the intake process.

    Academic text (2000)

  • One possible explanation for this is that age, rather than tenure, serves as a surrogate for experience.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The latter was a surrogate available when the risk assessment process was developed.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The external structure is a surrogate for the self regulatory skills that these kids have yet to develop.

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  • Stimulus materials were designed to represent a credible surrogate for what occurs in the naturalistic setting.

    Academic text (2001)

  • A test for non-response bias was conducted using respondents to the second mailing as a surrogate for non-respondents.

    Academic text (1996)

  • In the cataloging process, library catalogers create bibliographic records that serve as surrogates for items in library collections.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Conductivity, as a surrogate for total dissolved solids, was used as another indicator of roadway runoff.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Both the CPSE and CPUE values were used as surrogates for recruitment estimates (year-class strength).

    Academic text (1991)

  • In medical research, a placebo is often used as a surrogate for the actual treatment to test its effectiveness.

Synonyms

suppositum
vssurrogate
  • Archaic
9.9

A person or thing placed to take another person's place

is the modern technical term for that replacement role
substituent
vssurrogate
7.9

A person or thing that takes another's place for a time

is reserved for technical and scientific replacements rather than general ones

Antonyms

original
∞ 2.8

Not a copy and existing as the first form

Compounds

surrogate mother
11 4.3

A woman who becomes pregnant to have a baby for another person or couple

father surrogate
5.3

A man who acts like a father to someone and cares for them

How Representative

proxy
19 5.8
surrogate
  • Specialized
7 6.7
indicator
9 3.4

Surface Forms

surrogate singular
surrogates plural

Etymology

Surrogate comes from Latin parts sub- ('in place of') and rogare ('to ask'), so it carries the idea of something chosen to stand in for the real thing. That is why in science or medicine a surrogate is a substitute measure or marker used 'in place of' a direct outcome.