Stat?

[phreesh]

In all those medical-type shows, doctors are always hollering for things, "stat!" What is this short for?

[Short]

"Stat" is short for "statim," latin for immediately.

souce: Stedman's concise medical dictionary, third ed.

[StephenG]

Basically, what Short said. If you're dying for the official response, there's a mailbag column here (http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mstat.html).

I could've sworn there was an actual column about this, but I guess not... Good luck and happy reading.

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