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TRIAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triage mean?
• TRIAGE (noun)
The noun TRIAGE has 1 sense:
1. sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
Familiarity information: TRIAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("triage" is a kind of...):
sorting (grouping by class or kind or size)
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