Stigma

stig′ma, n. a brand: a mark of infamy: ( bot. ) the top of a pistil: any special mark: a place on the skin which bleeds periodically:— pl. Stig′mas or Stig′mat a .— n. Stigmā′ria , the root of the fo il plant sigil lari a, found in the coal-measures.— n.pl. Stig′mat a , the marks of the wounds on Christ's body, or marks resembling them, claimed to have been miraculously impre ed on the bodies of certain persons, as Francis of A isi in 1224.— adjs. Stigmat′ic , -al , marked or branded with a stigma: giving infamy or reproach.— adv. Stigmat′ically .— adj. Stigmatif′erous ( bot. ), stigma-bearing.— n. Stigmatisā′tion , the operation or effect of producing bleeding spots upon the body, as by hypnotism.— v.t. Stig′matise , to brand with a stigma.— n. Stig′matist , one impre ed with the stigmata.— adj. Stig′matose , stigmatic: stigmatised.— n. Stigmatō′sis , a form of inflammation of the skin, occurring in spots.— adj. Stigmatyp′ic , pertaining to the making of impre ions by means of scorching-hot plates.— ns. Stig′matypy , a species of printing with points, that consists of their arrangement in pictures; Stig′mē ( Gr. paleog. ), a dot used as a punctuation mark, esp. at the top of the line, equivalent to a period. [L.,—Gr.,— stizein , to mark.]