undertriage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inaccurately low prehospital triage value assigned to a set of symptoms or an injury, assessing it as being less severe or traumatic than it truly is; the administrative or societal burden caused by such miscalibration, such as strokes or heart attacks not recognized and treated quickly enough.
verb
  1. To make such a misguided triage assessment.

Word forms

undertriage undertriages undertriaging undertriaged

Etymology

From under- + triage.

Antonyms

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