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a
: the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors
b
: the sorting of patients (as in an emergency room) according to the urgency of their need for care
2
: the assigning of priority order to projects on the basis of where funds and other resources can be best used, are most needed, or are most likely to achieve success
triage
transitive verb
Examples of triage in a Sentence
Nurses do triage in the emergency room.
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Mukul Garg, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Uniformed doctors dart in and out of brick-walled rooms, and tents have been set up in the courtyard to deal with triage.
—Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2024
The couple drove straight to the obstetrics triage at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital, billed as the largest birthing hospital in Wisconsin.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
For example, some companies, my own included, provide bots that learn and evolve to answer administrative lines for emergency call centers, as well as call triage and language translation solutions.
—Amir Elichai, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Triage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triage. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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1
: the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors
2
: the sorting of patients (as in an emergency room) according to the urgency of their need for care
triage
transitive verb
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