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stat [ stat ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
immediately: used in prescriptions to indicate that a drug is to be given immediately



adjective 
Definition:
 
urgent: urgent
The doctor received a stat page while on call.

[Late 19th century. Shortening of Latin statim "immediately"]
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