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Tweet suff. 1. Something that stabilizes: rheostat. 2. A device for reflecting something specified in a constant direction: heliostat. 3. Something that inhibits: fungistat. [New Latin -stata, from Greek -statēs, one that causes to stand, or statos, standing; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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