New American Oxford Dictionary
triage
tri age |trēˈäZH, ˈtrēˌäZH triˈɑʒ | ▶noun (in medical use ) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties. • the process of determining the most important people or things from amongst a large number that require attention. ▶verb [ with obj. ] assign degrees of urgency to (wounded or ill patients ). ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from trier ‘separate out. ’ The medical sense dates from the 1930s, from the military system of assessing the wounded on the battlefield.
Oxford Dictionary
triage
triage |ˈtriːɑːʒ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in medical use ) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties. • the process of determining the most important people or things from amongst a large number that require attention: a system of educational triage that allows a few students to get help while the needs of others are neglected. ▶verb [ with obj. ] decide the order of treatment of (patients or casualties ): victims were triaged by paramedics before being transported to hospitals. ORIGIN early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘the action of sorting items according to quality ’): from French, from trier ‘separate out ’. The current sense dates from the 1930s, from the military system of assessing the wounded on the battlefield.
Duden Dictionary
Triage
Tri a ge Substantiv, feminin , die |triˈaːʒə österreichisch meist …ʃ |französisch triage, zu: trier, Trieur 1 Kaufmannssprache Ausschuss [bei Kaffeebohnen ]2 Medizin Einteilung der Verletzten (bei einer Katastrophe ) nach der Schwere der Verletzungen
French Dictionary
triage
triage n. m. nom masculin Action de trier, de classer selon certains critères. : Une infirmière effectue le triage des malades à leur arrivée aux urgences de l ’hôpital. Le triage du bois. SYNONYME sélection . Gare de triage. Aire où l ’on fait le regroupement et la séparation de wagons pour former les convois. : L ’Université de Montréal a fait l ’acquisition de la gare (et non *cour ) de triage d ’Outremont pour y aménager des pavillons et des résidences étudiantes.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
triage
tri age /triɑ́ːʒ |tríːɑːʒ /名詞 U 負傷者の治療優先位づけ .