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Triage

/tʁiˈaːʒə/
noun★IntermediateLoanword from French Triage
🏥Medicine
technical

In medicine, the process of assessing and categorizing patients based on the severity of their injuries or illnesses to determine the order of treatment.

Die Triage-Station sortiert die Patienten nach Dringlichkeit.

The triage station sorts patients by urgency.

💡

The term originates from French military medicine and is now widely used in emergency medicine.

Collocations

Triage durchführento perform triageTriage-Stationtriage stationTriage-Kriterientriage criteria

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💡Pro Tip

Medical Context

Triage is a critical process in emergency medicine to ensure the most critical patients receive treatment first.

📖Word Origin

From French 'triage,' meaning 'sorting,' originally used in the context of sorting coal, later adopted in medicine for sorting patients.

📝Usage Notes

In German, 'Triage' is always capitalized as it is a noun. It is commonly used in medical and emergency contexts.

Word Breakdown

Triage
sorting or prioritization
root
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