casualty

/ˈkæʒjuəlti/ noun

Definition

INJURED [C] › someone who is injured or killed in an accident or war: Both sides in the conflict have promised to try to avoid civilian casualties.

BADLY AFFECTED [C] › someone or something that is badly affected by something that happens: The health service has been the biggest casualty of government cuts.

HOSPITAL [U] UK (US emergency room) › the part of a hospital where people go when they have been injured or have urgent illnesses so that they can be treated immediately

(Definition of casualty noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)