imprinted
/ɪmˈpɹɪntɪd/
verb
- 1
To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
“For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.”
- 2
To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
- 3
To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
adjective
- 1
Stamped or impressed.
- 2
Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
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