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From: [email protected] (Howard R Doyle)
Subject: Re: What's the origin of "STAT?"
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (InfoSpunj (Dan Field)) writes:
>The term "stat" is used not only in medicine, but is a commonly used
>indicator that something is urgent.
>
>Does anyone know where it came from? My dictionary was not helpful.
>
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From the word 'statim' (Latin, I think), meaning immediately.
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Howard Doyle
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