STIGMA

(Lat.), n. n. StPg'ma8. Gen., stig'matos (-at is). Gr., cTiytia.. Fr., stigmate. Ger., S. 1. A punctiform spot or mark on the skin (see MARK and N^EVUS). 2. A red spot on the skin with an elevated efflorescence at its centre; an umbo. 3. A small cicatrix; a cicatricula. [G, 16.] 4. The mark of stigmatization (q. v.). 5. See S. folliculi. 6. Of J. Arnold, one of the gaps between the endotheha forming the wall of blood-capillaries. The gaps are filled with cell-cement, and it is supposed that at these points the white blood-corpuscles emigrate from the capillaries. According to Heitzmann, the s'ta are gaps along the sides of the cells, those at the angles being called stomata. [J, 26.1 7. In botany: (a) the part of a pistil, usually the apex of the style, that receives the pol A, ape; A, at; A3, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish); [s. 540]