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maternal impression
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maternal
impression
(
plural
maternal impressions
)
(
historical
)
An
effect
supposedly produced on a
child
in the
womb
as a result of a
powerful
mental
or
physical
influence
on the
mother
; thought to explain
birth defects
etc. before the modern understanding of
genetics
.
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