-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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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-stat." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat.
-stat. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat. Accessed June 19, 2019.
-stat. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat
-stat [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 June 19]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731389/all/_stat.
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