Word: overtriage
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: o
ver
tri
age
Definition: The diagnosis of an injury as being more traumatic than it actually is
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: triage
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: triage
Language: fr
Decoded: triage
PoS: Noun
Meaning: triage; sorting