triage Hear it!

triage definition

tri·age (trē äz̸h′, trē′äz̸h′)

noun

  1. a system of assigning priorities of medical treatment based on urgency, chance for survival, etc. and used on battlefields and in hospital emergency wards
  2. any system for prioritizing based on available resources, manpower, etc., as in an emergency

Etymology: Fr, a sifting < trier, to sift: see try & -age

transitive verb triaged -·aged′, triaging -·ag′·ing

to prioritize (patients, problems, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.