Associations to the word «Triage»

Wiktionary

TRIAGE, noun. Assessment or sorting according to quality.
TRIAGE, 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).
TRIAGE, noun. (computing) (by extension) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.
TRIAGE, verb. To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect.

Dictionary definition

TRIAGE, noun. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.