-stat

[Gr. -statēs, one that stops or makes steady, fr. histanai, to stand]
A suffix indicating an agent or instrument that inhibits growth without destruction or that stabilizes or, in pharmacology, an enzyme inhibitor.

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Venes, Donald, editor. "-stat." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat.

-stat. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat. Accessed January 17, 2019.

-stat. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat

-stat [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 January 17]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat

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