Medical Dictionary

casualty

noun ca·su·al·ty \ˈkazh-əl-tē, ˈkazh-(ə-)wəl-\
plural ca·su·al·ties

Medical Definition of CASUALTY

1
:  a serious or fatal accident
2
:  a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
3
a :  injury or death from accident b :  one injured or killed (as by accident)

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