imprinted

imprinted

English

Etymology

From imprint +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹɪntɪd/

Verb

imprinted

1. simple past tense and past participle of imprint

Adjective

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 2004, p. 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 [...].

Derived terms

• microimprinted
• misimprinted
• nanoimprinted
• nonimprinted
• reimprinted
• unimprinted

 

Translations

stamped or impressed

Latin: impressus