stigmatismn.
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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > [noun] > a brand
stigmec1475
fire marka1525
brand1552
burn1563
firebrand1570
flesh-brand1646
brand-mark1656
stigmatism1664
burn-mark1675
fleur-de-lis1790
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 360 No Pagan could buy nor sell, unless he had some such sacred Stigmatism upon his body.
2. Pathology. The condition of being affected with stigmata (see stigma n. 4).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > caused by extravasation > condition
stigmatism1900
1900–13 in W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict.
3. Absence of astigmatism. [Compare stigmatic adj. 9]
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [noun] > normal
emmetropia1864
emmetropy1880
orthophoria1886
stigmatism1890
1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict. 417/2 Stigmatism,..a condition of the refractive media of the eye in which rays of light from a point are accurately brought to a point on the retina. Synonymous with emmetropia.
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