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Definition of Triage
1. Noun. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
Generic synonyms: Sorting
Definition of Triage
1. Noun. Assessment or sorting according to quality. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury). ¹
3. Noun. (computing by extension) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed. ¹
4. Verb. To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Triage
1. to allocate treatment to patients [v -GED, -GING, -GES]
Medical Definition of Triage
1. The sorting out and classification of patients or casualties to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment. (12 Dec 1998)