In all those medical-type shows, doctors are always hollering for things, “stat!” What is this short for?
“Stat” is short for “statim,” latin for immediately.
souce: Stedman’s concise medical dictionary, third ed.
Basically, what Short said. If you’re dying for the official response, there’s a mailbag column here.
I could’ve sworn there was an actual column about this, but I guess not… Good luck and happy reading.
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