# Stat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stat/43521>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stat/43521 "2000-12-01T04:34:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stat/43521/1 "2000-12-01T04:34:03Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Short](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stat/43521/2 "2000-12-01T04:50:43Z")

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“Stat” is short for “statim,” latin for immediately.

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

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**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stat/43521/3 "2000-12-02T06:20:17Z")

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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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