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-stat

An agent intended to keep something from changing, flowing, or moving.
[G. statēs, stationary]

-stat

Suffix denoting an agent intended to keep something from changing or moving.
[G. statēs, stationary]

-stat

[Gr. -statēs, fr, histanai, to stand]
In pharmacology, a suffix designating an enzyme inhibitor.