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Explain what Triage means?

lifeprint | Mar 25 2006

I'm wondering if someone can give me the low down on what "triage" means?
I've seen it used before, but for the life of me, I don't remember what it means in terms of productivity.

Thanks.:)

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Origin of "triage"

Submitted by michelr on March 28, 2006 - 12:25am.

From a French guy:

"triage" is just the act of sorting. It is a noun, coming from the verb "trier", which means "to sort". So I think there is no tri- (as "three") root in it.

I have no idea why it went straight to English.

Michel.

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