Meaning & use

Protocoled

verb·Academic

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Formally recorded, scheduled, or treated according to an established procedure or protocol.

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The patient was protocoled for surgery early the following morning.

Each step of the experiment was carefully protocoled before testing began.

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Common in clinical and scientific writing, where "protocol" functions as a verb meaning to formally register or plan according to a set procedure.

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