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What is the origin of stat? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange According to the OED, stat in this sense originated in pharmacology The word stat would be written on a prescription to mean "immediately" The OED gives two citations for this: 1875 — W H Griffiths Lessons on Prescriptions iv 18: "Stat , immediately " 1971 — Lancet 25 Sept 700 2: "Stat , to be given at once "
What is the origin of the suffixes statin and medin? -stat is a very common suffix in medicine -Medin comes from the same rood as mediate, the Latin word mediāre (past participle: mediātus), to be in the middle, to intercede, + -in (it's also a peptide ) A hormone which intercedes (or up-regulates) something else can have the suffix -medin Somatomedins are hormones that promote cell growth in
What is the plural form of status? - English Language Usage Stack . . . What is the plural form of "status"? I agree that today a similar question would be considered off-topic and probably migrated to ELL but the risk with closing under researched questions is that one day, not today, not tomorrow but maybe in six months time or in five years, this page will be deleted
Where does ta! come from? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange When a term originates in northern English dialects as "ta" appears to, I often begin by looking at nordic languages as much of northern England was conquered by the Vikings and the parts of the language endure both in words and in the overall sound - if you listen the geordie accent has a definite scandinavian cadence to it
When is it OK to start a sentence with But? [duplicate] Not beginning a sentence with "but" is a rule of thumb This is not a hard and fast rule Rather, it's a simple guideline you should apply to avoid risking a common grammatical mistake, namely: using a sentence fragment
What does the acronym CFNM stand for in sexuality? I have heard the term "CFNM" being used in sexuality, does anybody know what the term means ? (Note: OP said "CNFM", but another user edited that to "CFNM" ) Actually 'googling' didn't help at all
Use of -wise in phrases or words - English Language Usage Stack . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
What does the phrase Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish mean? Stay hungry = Always be curious to learn more and achieve more Stay foolish = Dare to make unconventional decision as Steve Jobs did when he quit his college to persue his quest, as Gandhi did when he adopted satyagraha against oppression, as Buffet did early in his career when he made some well calculated investments in low priced high potential companies