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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.]

1. Something that stabilizes: barostat.
2. Something that inhibits: hemostat.