Imprinting may refer to:
- Genomic imprinting (genetic imprinting), a mechanism of regulating gene expression
- Imprinting (psychology), in psychology and ethology
- Molecular imprinting, in polymer chemistry
- Metabolic imprinting, the phenomenon by which the metabolism of the developing fetus may be "programmed" during gestation
Famous quotes containing the word imprinting:
“Once I passd through a populous city imprinting my brain for
future use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions,
Yet now of all that city I remember only a woman I casually met
there who detaind me for love of me,”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)