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n., pl. stig·ma·ta (stĭg-mä'tə, -măt'ə, stĭg'mə-) or stig·mas.

1. 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.
2. A small mark; a scar or birthmark.
3. Medicine. A mark or characteristic indicative of a history of a disease or abnormality.
4. Psychology. A mark or spot on the skin that bleeds as a symptom of hysteria.
5. stigmata 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.
6. Biology. A small mark, spot, or pore, such as the respiratory spiracle of an insect or an eyespot in certain algae.
7. Botany. The receptive apex of the pistil of a flower, on which pollen is deposited at pollination.
8. Archaic. A mark burned into the skin of a criminal or slave; a brand.

[Middle English stigme, brand, from Latin stigma, stigmat-, tattoo indicating slave or criminal status, from Greek, tattoo mark, from stizein, stig-, to prick.]

stigmal stig'mal adj.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - stigma, stempel, skamplet

Nederlands (Dutch)
stigma, stempel, vlek

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) stigmate, stigmate (de)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stigma, Brandmal, Narbe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στίγμα, όνειδος, (ζωολ., φυτολ.) στίγμα, (παθολ.) αιμορραγική κηλίδα

Italiano (Italian)
stigma, marchio, segno, bollo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estigma (m)

Русский (Russian)
клеймо позора, стигма, пятно или язва, шрам, рубец (на теле)

Español (Spanish)
n. - estigma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stigma, tecken, kännetecken, brännmärke

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
耻辱, 污名, 眼点, 柱头, 气门

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 恥辱, 汙名, 眼點, 柱頭, 氣門

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 오명, 치욕, (병 등의) 증상

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 汚名, 柱頭, 聖痕

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وسم, وصمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אות-קלון, תחושת-בושה, כתם, רבב, צלקת (בפרח), סטיגמה‬

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