triage

noun

A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. Triage is used in hospital emergency rooms, on battlefields, and at disaster sites when limited medical resources must be allocated.

noun

A system used to allocate a scarce commodity, such as food, only to those capable of deriving the greatest benefit from it.

noun

A process in which things are ranked in terms of importance or priority.

transitive verb

To sort or allocate by triage.

noun

That which is culled, picked, or thrown out; specifically, in English use, the refuse of whole coffee; broken coffee-beans and chaff.

noun

Assessment or sorting according to quality.

noun

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).

noun

The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.

verb

To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect.

noun

sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food