STIGMA

PRONUNCIATION:(STIG-mah)
plural stigmata (stig-MAH-tuh, STIG-muh-) or stigmas

MEANING: noun:
1. A mark of shame or infamy.
2. A birthmark or scar.
3. An identifying mark of a disease.
4. The tip of the pistil of a flower where pollen is deposited.
5. A mark burned into the skin of a person.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin stigma, from Greek stigma (tattoo mark), from stizein (to prick). Ultimately from the Indo-European root steig- (to stick; pointed), which is also the source of ticket, etiquette, instinct, stigma, thistle, tiger, and steak. Earliest documented use: 1596.
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ASTIGMA - shortened form of why your vision is distorted

STING-MA - the Queen Bee

'STIN, MA - answer to your mother's query, "What element is Sn?"