undertriage
undertriage noun: 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.
Noun
undertriage (countable and uncountable, plural undertriages)
- 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.
- However, our prior study on undertriage of major trauma patients indicated that a significant proportion of trauma patients with an ISS = 75 survived.2015 August 1, “Trauma with Injury Severity Score of 75: Are These Unsurvivable Injuries?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- As emergency medicine doctors, we regularly give medical advice to family and close friends when they get sick or are injured and don't know what to do. In a matter of moments, we triage, diagnose, and assemble a logical plan, whatever the issue may be. […] Frankly, it's a service everyone should...2024 January 31, Jesse M. Pines, Robert D. Glatter, “Commentary: Why Everyone Needs Their Own Emergency Medicine Doctor: How Emerging Models Come Close to Making This Reality”, in Medscape...
- Antonyms:
- overtriage
Verb
undertriage (third-person singular simple present undertriages, present participle undertriaging, simple past and past participle undertriaged)
- To make such a misguided triage assessment.
- Antonyms:
- overtriage
Antonyms of undertriage
Forms of undertriage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | undertriages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | undertriages |
| present participle | undertriaging |
| past participle | undertriaged |
| past | undertriaged |
Origin of undertriage
From under- + triage.
Questions about undertriage
- What does undertriage mean?
- Undertriage means 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.
- What part of speech is undertriage?
- Undertriage can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of undertriage?
- The plural of undertriage is undertriages.
Words near undertriage in the dictionary
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