e-triage

noun

The use of computer systems to triage patients.

OriginEnglish triage →
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Meanings

noune-triage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe use of computer systems to triage patients.

    In Britain, bots are being trialed to bridge waiting times for people seeking therapy but unable to get appointments and as an e-triage tool.

    2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022
verbe-triage (third-person singular simple present e-triages, present participle e-triaging, simple past and past participle e-triaged)

present singular third person e-triages · participle present e-triaging · participle past e-triaged · past e-triaged

  1. To triage patients by means of computer systems.

Origin

  1. Englishelectronic
  2. Englishe-
  3. Englishtriage
  4. Englishe-triage

From e- + triage.

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APA

e-triage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-triage

MLA

“e-triage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-triage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-triage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-triage.

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