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(UK, predicative) Seated; sitting (down). quotations examples
Hold on, I’m sat on my arse while I’m writing this.
2007, Tony Bell, “eighteen”, in Life in the Bus Lane, Cambridge: Vanguard Press, page 103
simple past and past participle of sit examples
comparative more sat, superlative most sat
Abbreviation of satisfactory. examples
Abbreviation of satisfied. examples
Abbreviation of saturated. examples
plural sats
Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”). examples
Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”). examples
Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood). quotations examples
Also, your blood pressure and oxygen sats – that's the amount of oxygen in your blood.
2010, Virginia Allum, Patricia McGarr, Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate Student's Book with Audio CD, Cambridge University Press, page 93
[T]his is her third admission for breathing difficulties. The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum. This time we can't get her oxygen sats up—they're actually falling.
2012, Emily Forbes, Georgie's Big Greek Wedding?, Harlequin, page 44
Intubation is not necessary unless his oxygen sat reading is low.
2015, Christopher J Gallagher, MD, Pure and Simple: Anesthesia Writtens Review IV Questions, Answers, Explanations 501-1000