Shortly test cycling say as medical procedure (6)
I believe the answer is:
triage
'medical procedure' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'shortly test cycling say as' is the wordplay.
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'test' becomes 'trial' (synonyms).
'cycling' is a reversal indicator (letters cycle back).
'say as' becomes 'eg' (both can mean 'for example'. I am not sure about the 'as' bit.).
'eg' back-to-front is 'ge'.
'trial' with its last letter taken away is 'tria'.
'tria'+'ge'='TRIAGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for triage that I've seen before include "Hospital procedure" , "Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need" , "Assignment of urgency to illnesses" , "Selection and allocation for medical aid" , "Determination of patient priority for treatment" .)