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stat

1  [stat] ,Informal.
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–noun
1. Also, 'stat. thermostat.
2. photostat.
Origin:
1955–60; by shortening
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2  [stat] ,Informal.
–noun
1. statistic.
2. Usually, stats. statistics.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or containing statistics: Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team.
Origin:
shortening of statistics, statistic

stat

3  [stat]
–adverb Medicine/Medical Informal.
immediately.
Origin:
< L statim

-stat

 
a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element: thermostat; rheostat.
Origin:
< Gk -statēs, equiv. to sta- (s. of histánai to make stand; see stand ) + -tēs agent n. suffix

stat.

 
1. (in prescriptions) immediately. Origin:
< L statim
2. statuary.
3. statue.
4. statute.
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stat 1   (stāt)   
n.  A statistic.
stat 2   (stāt)   
adv.  With no delay; at once.
adj.  Immediate: "Next I want a stat EKG and a chest film" (David Shobin).

[Short for Latin statim; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: Stat.
Function: abbreviation
statutes
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stat
Pronunciation: 'stat
Function: adverb
: STATIM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

stat (stāt)
adv.
With no delay. adj.
Immediate.

-stat suff.

  1. Something that stabilizes: barostat.

  2. Something that inhibits: hemostat.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
stat

  1. from Latin statim (immediately)

  2. statistics

STAT
stratospheric tracers of atmospheric transport
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