a. [ad. mod.L. type *stigmatōsus, f. L. stigmat- STIGMA: see -OSE.]
1. Bot. Said of a style bearing the stigma on some specified part, as along the side instead of (as usual) at the summit.
1840. Paxton, Bot. Dict., Stigmatose, when the stigma is long, lateral, or on one side of the style.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 71. Malva … styles stigmatose on the inner surface.
2. Path. Covered or affected with stigmata.
1894. G. M. Gould, Illustr. Dict. Med., etc. Stigmatose, marked with stigmata.
