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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