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maternal impressions

maternal impressions is the plural of maternal impression.

Meaning of maternal impression

Noun

maternal impression (plural maternal impressions)

  1. (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.

Questions about maternal impressions

What is maternal impressions the plural of?
Maternal impressions is the plural of maternal impression.

Words near maternal impressions in the dictionary

  1. maternal half aunt
  2. maternal half aunts
  3. maternal half-uncle
  4. maternal half-uncles
  5. maternal impression
  6. maternal impressions
  7. maternal orphan
  8. maternal orphans
  9. maternal uncle
  10. maternal uncles
  11. maternal wall

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