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IMPRINTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does imprinting mean?
• IMPRINTING (noun)
The noun IMPRINTING has 1 sense:
1. a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
Familiarity information: IMPRINTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("imprinting" is a kind of...):
acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)
Derivation:
imprint (establish or impress firmly in the mind)
Context examples
This gene plays a role in genomic imprinting and may be involved in the negative regulation of cell growth.
(H19 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in embryonic development, imprinting, and X-chromosome inactivation.
(DNMT3B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
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