From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstigmatastig‧ma‧ta /ˈstɪɡmətə, stɪɡˈmɑːtə/ noun [plural] RRCmarks that appear on the hands and feet of some holy people, and which look like the wounds made by nails on the body of Christ
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stigmata• This is despite the fact that they carry only a minority of the 13 stigmata of weediness.• All these patients exhibited biological stigmata of primary hyperparathyroidism.• Endoscopic stigmata of recent haemorrhage allow the identification of lesions with a high risk of rebleeding.• It looks like a standard case, but despite the stigmata I elect to join her in innocence.• The stigmata on this foot was carefully examined during its official recognition in 1597. 