triage
nounA 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.
nounA system used to allocate a scarce commodity, such as food, only to those capable of deriving the greatest benefit from it.
nounA process in which things are ranked in terms of importance or priority.
transitive verbTo sort or allocate by triage.
nounThat which is culled, picked, or thrown out; specifically, in English use, the refuse of whole coffee; broken coffee-beans and chaff.
nounAssessment or sorting according to
The
The process of
To assess or sort according to
sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food