Definition of stigma

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Stigma (v. t.) 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..

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Stigmatically :: Stigmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
Astigmatism :: Astigmatism (n.) A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision..
Fecundate :: Fecundate (v. t.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) 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..
Tristigmatose :: Tristigmatose (a.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas..
Aspergilliform :: Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma..
Stigmata :: Stigmas (pl. ) of Stigm.
Stigmatic :: Stigmatic (n.) A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
Blacklist :: Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a..
Stigmatical :: Stigmatical (a.) Impressing with infamy or reproach.
Slur :: Slur (n.) A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) 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..
Stigmatical :: Stigmatical (a.) Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character..
Capitate :: Capitate (a.) Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers..
Saffron :: Saffron (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine..
Saffron :: Saffron (n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus..
Monogynia :: Monogynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma..
Stigmatical :: Stigmatic (a.) Alt. of Stigmatica.
Stigmata :: Stigmaria (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
Emmetropia :: Emmetropia (n.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism..
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