EurekAlert!: Death of STAT lab tests could be good for patient care
While a lab test might be ordered STAT to help save a life, a new study suggests that the STAT test order should rest in peace, and instead the time standard for most clinical lab tests, like the ...
Nieman Journalism Lab: Stat, with subscriptions nearing 50 percent of revenue, looks to big companies for more members
Insurancenewsnet.com: Complaints over Stat Lab bills spur state investigation [Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.]
STAT: His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
The word stat is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which has the meaning "instantly/immediately". This usage was then generalized beyond the domain of prescriptions to refer to any action that needed to be taken immediately.
etymology - What is the origin of "stat"? - English Language & Usage ...
Can anyone explain what the difference between status and state is when I talk about the condition or situation of an object? Here's what I got from Longman English Dictionary. status: a situati...
There are no special rules for capitalizing the word "state" in ordinary, non-technical English. It should be capitalized when at the start of a sentence, or when it is part of a proper noun. The state (3) of affairs is that the State of Washington (proper noun) is a state (2) within the sovereign state (1) known as The United States of America (proper noun).
A tool to clamp a blood vessel is called a hemo stat. A bacterio stat stops bacteria from replicating, in contrast to a bacterio cide, which kills the bacteria. Statins are so named because they interfere with (stop or cause to come to rest) the production of cholesterol in the liver. Somato statin is a hormone that stops others from being ...