stigmatism
(ˈstɪgmətɪz(ə)m)
[f. assumed Gr. *στιγµατισµός, f. στιγµατίζειν to stigmatize.]
† 1. Branding; collect. marks made by branding, or by tattooing or the like. Obs.
| 1664 H. More Myst. Iniq. 360 No Pagan could buy nor sell, unless he had some such sacred Stigmatism upon his body. |
2. Path. The condition of being affected with stigmata (see stigma 4).
| 1900–13 Dorland Med. Dict. |
3. Absence of astigmatism. [Cf. stigmatic A. 9.]
| 1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict., 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. |