Medical Dictionary
imprint
vt im·print \im-ˈprint, ˈim-ˌ\
Medical Definition of IMPRINT
1
: to fix indelibly or permanently (as on the memory)
2
: to subject to or induce by imprinting <an imprinted preference> <a gene imprinted to be inactive when inherited from the mother>
intransitive verb
: to undergo imprinting
—im·print·er \-ər\ noun
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