Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
The head nurse at the assisted living home decided it would be most efficient to aggregate the patients suffering from dementia into one wing of the building.

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Aggregate means to group together.
Quarantine means strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease. Aggregate is still the best answer because the sentence is not referring to stopping the spread of a contagious disease.
Triage is the process used to determine the priority of treatment for patients. The priority is determined according to the severity of a patient's condition and the likelihood of benefit from the treatment.
A supplement is something that is added to something else. A multivitamin is a supplement to your normal intake of nutrients.

Select the Meaning of the Underlined Word in the Sentence