Casualty
Casualty , noun
[French casualité, Late Latin casualitas.]
1.
That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Losses that befall them by mere casualty.
2.
Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
3.
(Military & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Collocations (1)
Casualty ward , A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.