See Also: staging(dictionary)
TNM staging(medicine)
staging(dictionary)
TNM staging(health)
Staging(health)
staging post(dictionary)
staging area(dictionary)
neoplasm staging(medicine)
Tanner staging(health)
Butchart staging system(health)

staging (iou)



staging noun & adjective. ME.
[from STAGE noun, verb + -ING1.]
A. noun.
a. A platform or scaffold, esp. a temporary one; scaffolding. ME.
b. Shelving for plants in a greenhouse. ME.
The action of travelling by stages or spec. by stagecoach. Chiefly Anglo-Indian & US History. Now rare. E19.
The action or art of presenting a play etc. on stage. L19.
Astronautics. The arrangement of stages in a rocket; the separation and jettisoning of a stage from the remainder of the rocket when its propellant is spent. M20.
Medicine. The determination of the particular stage which a progressive disease or condition has reached. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Designating a stopping-place or assembly-point en route to a destination. M20.
staging post a regular stopping-place, now esp. on an air route.