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-stat
(word root) position, stabilizeExamples of words with the root -stat: thermostat, rheostat
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stat 1
(stăt)n.
A statistic.
stat 2
(stăt)adv. & adj.
With no delay; at once. Used especially in medicine.
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stat2
(stæt)n.
a statistic.
[1960–65; by shortening]
stat3
(stæt)adv. Med., Pharm.
immediately.
[< Latin statim]
-stat
a combining form used in the names of devices or substances that stabilize or make constant: bacteriostat; thermostat.
[< Greek -statēs=(hi)stá(nai) to make stand]
stat.
1. (in prescriptions) immediately.
[< Latin statim]
2. statute.
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