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• stat
  stat

  adverb

  with no delay: (used especially in medical contexts in reference to the administration of a drug or as a medical directive): The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.
• -stat
  -stat

  a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element.
• stat.
  stat.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) immediately.

stat

¹ American  

[stat] / stæt /

adverb

Informal.

1. with no delay: (used especially in medical contexts in reference to the administration of a drug or as a medical directive): The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.

   Blood work will be done stat.

   The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.

   I need a copy of the spreadsheet, stat!

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stat ² American  

[stat] / stæt /

noun

1. statistic.

2. Usually stats statistics.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or containing statistics.

   Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team.

stat ³ American  

[stat] / stæt /

noun

1. Also 'stat thermostat.

2. photostat.

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-stat ⁴ American  

1. a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element.

   thermostat; rheostat.

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stat. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) immediately.

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stat. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. statuary.

2. statue.

3. statute.

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stat. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) immediately

2. stationary

3. statute

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-stat ² British  

combining form

1. indicating a device that causes something to remain stationary or constant

   thermostat

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Etymology

Origin of stat¹

First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin statim “immediately, at once”

Origin of stat²

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening

Origin of stat³

First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening

Origin of -stat⁴

< Greek -statēs, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; see stand) + -tēs agent noun suffix

Origin of stat.⁵

see origin at stat ¹ ( def. )

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