casualty

casualty /ca·su·al·ty/ (kazh´oo-al-te)

1. an accident; an accidental wound; death or disablement from an accident; also the person so injured.

2. in the armed forces, one missing from their unit as a result of death, injury, illness, capture, because their whereabouts are unknown, or other reasons.

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casualty

[kazh′əltē]

Etymology: L, casus, chance

1 a serious or fatal accident.

2 the victims of a serious or fatal accident.

3 a person, killed, wounded, or otherwise disabled in war.

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casualty [kazh´oo-al-te]

1. an accident; an accidental wound; death or disablement from an accident; also the person so injured.

2. in the armed forces, one missing from his unit as a result of death, injury, illness, or capture, because his whereabouts are unknown, or for other reasons.

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casualty

an accident; an accidental wound; death or disablement from an accident; also the animal so injured.

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casualty slaughter

abattoir slaughtering of injured or sick animals. Rarely done these days because of the difficulty of getting cattle with fractured or dislocated limbs onto the abattoir floor. The modern, highly automated meat packing plant is not geared to such interruptions.

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casualty

A victim of an accident or mass disaster. See Mass disaster.