To: duckbutt
"STAT!!
Another fan of the old Emergency shows?
(Never understood wth that term meant .... but it sure sounded authoritative whenever someone barked it out!)
To: canuck_conservative
It's an abbreviation of the Latin statim, or "immediately", often used in medical contexts.
43 posted on
08/19/2016 1:38:41 PM PDT by
TheBigB
(Al Sharpton would scream racism at a bowl of Cheerios.)
To: canuck_conservative
"STAT!!
45 posted on
08/19/2016 1:39:33 PM PDT by
Stentor
To: canuck_conservative
"STAT!!
Another fan of the old Emergency shows?
(Never understood wth that term meant .... but it sure sounded authoritative whenever someone barked it out!)
stat
STAT (
stăt),
Referring to a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure that is to be performed immediately.
[L. statim, immediately]
stat
(stăt)adv. & adj. With no delay; at once. Used especially in medicine.
stat.
abbreviation for the Latin word statim, "immediately."
82 posted on
08/19/2016 3:11:29 PM PDT by
Fiddlstix
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