overtriaging

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A form of overtriage — An inaccurately high prehospital triage value assigned to a set of symptoms or an injury, assessing it as being more severe or traumatic than it truly is; the administrative or societal burden caused by such miscalibration, such as wait times in emergency departments.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overtriage
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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