-stat

DEFINITION of -stat

device or agent for stopping the flow (of something) see also: sta- (stop) not to be confused with: statim (immediately)

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ETYMOLOGY of -stat

greek

Component	Origin	Meaning
-stat / -stasis / -static	Greek ἵστημι (histēmi), from στήνω (stēnō)	“that which stops,” “instrument for halting,” “agent of arrest” — instrumental/agentive suffix denoting a device that arrests flow

The word entered English in the 1820s as haemostat (noun), borrowed from Modern Latin haemostatus, from Greek αἷμα (haima) + ἵστημι (histēmi) — literally “blood-stopper.” The adjective haemostatic appeared in the 1830s, and haemostasis in the 1720s. The root histēmi (“to stand, to stop”) connects -stat to the entire motion and arrest roots: haemostasis (haima + histēmi $\to$ stopping of blood flow), haemostatic (haima + stasis + -tic $\to$ tending to arrest bleeding), and myostat (mys + stat $\to$ instrument that relaxes/paralyzes muscle fibers by stopping contraction). The instrumental/agentive suffix -stat is productive in surgery, hematology, and pharmacology: e.g., haemostat, myostat, vasostat, osteostat, and cardiostat.

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