Meaning of stigma in English
Noun
stigmaEtymology
late 16th century (denoting a mark made by pricking or branding): via Latin from Greek stigma‘a mark made by a pointed instrument, a dot’; related to stickDefinitions
1. the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil- 2. a symbol of disgrace or infamy
Examples
- « And the Lord set a mark upon Cain--Genesis »
- 3. an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
- 4. a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease