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imprinted

/ɪmˈpɹɪntɪd/ UK

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of imprint

adjective more imprinted · most imprinted

Stamped or impressed.
Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome. The inference is that there is an imprinted gene somewhere on the X chromosome, which is normally switched on only on the paternal copy and that this gene somehow enhances the development of social adjustment [...].

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@misc{imprinted_2026,
  title = {imprinted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/imprinted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}