triage

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Synonyms: truage, tridge

Antonyms: truage, tridge

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Noun

1. Assessment or sorting according to [[quality]], [[need]], etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated.
2. {{lb|en|medicine}} The [[process]] of [[sorting]] [[patient]]s 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]]).
3. {{lb|en|medicine}} A [[facility]] within a [[hospital]] that screens [[walk-in]] patients and determines which [[department]] or [[clinic]] to send them to. {{q|See also {{m|en|triage center}}.}}
4. {{lb|en|computing|by extension}} The process of [[prioritize|prioritizing]] [[bug]]s to be [[fix]]ed.
5. That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans.
6. {{lb|en|rail|military|British}} A [[marshalling yard]], [[classification yard]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|chiefly|medical}} To subject to triage; to [[prioritize]].

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