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stat out

C1 formal separable transitive
In simple words

To take someone out of an emergency or intensive-monitoring situation once they are stable

Literal meaning: To take something out of a 'stat' (immediate/critical) status

Meanings

1 C1 formal

(Medical jargon) To remove a patient from immediate or emergency monitoring status once stable

"The doctor decided to stat out the patient from the ICU after his vitals normalized."

Grammar: separable
2 C1 formal

(Statistics jargon) To identify and remove a statistical outlier from a dataset

"The researcher chose to stat out two anomalous results before running the final analysis."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Highly specialized jargon used in medical and statistical contexts. 'Stat' derives from the Latin 'statim' (immediately) in medical use, and 'statistics' in data contexts. Not used in everyday conversation. ESL learners are unlikely to encounter this outside professional settings.

Commonly used with

patient data outlier case results

Forms

Base
stat out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
stats out
he/she/it
Past simple
stated out
yesterday
Past participle
stated out
have + pp
-ing form
stating out
continuous

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Synonyms

discharge stabilize clear remove from monitoring

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