undertriaged

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A form of undertriage — 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.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of undertriage
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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