stigma: المعنى والتعريفات

A mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach: "Party affiliation has never been more casual . . . The stigmata of decay are everywhere” ( Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.) See Synonyms at stain.

A small mark; a scar or birthmark.

Medicine A mark or characteristic indicative of a history of a disease or abnormality.

Psychology A mark or spot on the skin that bleeds as a symptom of hysteria.

Bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus, usually occurring during states of religious ecstasy or hysteria.

Biology A small mark, spot, or pore, such as the respiratory spiracle of an insect or an eyespot in certain algae.

Botany The receptive apex of the pistil of a flower, on which pollen is deposited at pollination.

Archaic A mark burned into the skin of a criminal or slave; a brand.