stigma
stig
ˈstÉĒg
stig
ma
mə
mē
/stˈÉĒÉĄmɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stigma"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•, āϚāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ

a visible mark on the skin that serves as a symptom of a particular medical condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Certain viral infections produce a distinct stigma on the skin.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŽāĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϰ

a small external opening on the body of an arthropod through which air enters the tracheal system for respiration
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The beetle breathes through paired stigmata along its thorax.
āϗ⧁āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ•āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•, āϞāĻœā§āϜāĻž

a mark of shame attached to a person or condition, often resulting in exclusion or discrimination
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She overcame the stigma of her past and rebuilt her life.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ, āĻĒ⧁āĻ‚āϕ⧇āĻļāϰ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώāĻ­āĻžāĻ—

the top part of the pistil in a flower, where pollen lands and germinates to begin the fertilization process
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stigma is often sticky to help capture pollen grains.
āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āφāĻ āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āĻŖāĻž āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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