【医】 临时病室, 重伤病室

Casualty \Cas"u*al*ty\, n.; pl. {Casualties}. [F. casualit['e],
LL. casualitas.]
1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen;
contingency.

Losses that befall them by mere casualty. --Sir W.
Raleigh.

2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or
other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an
unhappy casualty.

3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds,
discharge, or desertion.

{Casualty ward}, A ward in a hospital devoted to the
treatment of injuries received by accident.

Syn: Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.