Taber's Medical Dictionary
-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.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-stat." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat.
-stat. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat. Accessed July 30, 2025.
-stat. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat
-stat [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 July 30]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat.
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