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Etymology

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From imprint +‎ -ed.

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imprinted

  1. simple past and past participle of imprint

Adjective

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imprinted (comparative more imprinted, superlative most imprinted)

  1. Stamped or impressed.
  2. (genetics) Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
    • '1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 217:
      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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