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Stigma Meaning In Hindi

Stigma Meaning in Hindi is कलंक. It is written as Kalaṃk in Roman Hindi. The synonyms and antonyms of Stigma are listed below.

Definitions of Stigma

n. A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

n. Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.

n. That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.

n. A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.

n. A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.

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n. One of the external openings of the tracheu00e6 of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.

n. One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.

n. One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.

n. A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.

n. Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.

Origin of Stigma 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 stick.