English Explanatory Dictionary

maternal impression

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

maternal impression maternal impressions
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