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English Dictionary: Stigma by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stigma
n
  1. the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
  2. a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
    Synonym(s): mark, stigma, brand, stain
  3. an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
  4. a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stigma \Stig"ma\, n.; pl. E. {Stigmas}, L. {Stigmata}. [L., a
      mark, a brand, from Gr. [?], [?], the prick or mark of a
      pointed instrument, a spot, mark, from [?] to prick, to
      brand. See {Stick}, v. t.]
      1. A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
  
      2. Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish;
            stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct;
            reproachful characterization.
  
                     The blackest stigma that can be fastened upon him.
                                                                              --Bp. Hall.
  
                     All such slaughters were from thence called
                     Bartelmies, simply in a perpetual stigma of that
                     butchery.                                          --Sir G. Buck.
  
      3. (Bot.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and
            is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the
            terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or
            viscid. See Illust. of {Stamen} and of {Flower}.
  
      4. (Anat.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; --
            applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a
            Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance
            in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
  
      5. (Pathol.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by
            the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat
            characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy,
            or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
  
      6. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of the external openings of the trache[91] of
                  insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
            (b) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of
                  arachnids. See Illust. of {Scorpion}.
            (c) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and
                  of Amphioxus.
  
      7. (Geom.) A point so connected by any law whatever with
            another point, called an index, that as the index moves in
            any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a
            determinate way in the same plane.
  
      8. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Marks believed to have been supernaturally
            impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation
            of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5,
            above.
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