- a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- Medicine/Medical.
- a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease: the stigmata of leprosy.
- a place or point on the skin that bleeds during certain mental states, as in hysteria.
- Zoology.
- a small mark, spot, or pore on an animal or organ.
- the eyespot of a protozoan.
- an entrance into the respiratory system of insects.
- the part of a pistil that receives the pollen.
- marks resembling the wounds of the crucified body of Christ, said to be supernaturally impressed on the bodies of certain persons, especially nuns, tertiaries, and monastics.
- a mark made by a branding iron on the skin of a criminal or slave.
- a distinguishing mark of social disgrace
- a small scar or mark such as a birthmark
- pathol
- any mark on the skin, such as one characteristic of a specific disease
- any sign of a mental deficiency or emotional upset
- the receptive surface of a carpel, where deposited pollen germinates
- zoology
- a pigmented eyespot in some protozoans and other invertebrates
- the spiracle of an insect
- a mark branded on the skin
- marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ, believed to appear on the bodies of certain individuals
