skadestue — meaning in English
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English meaning
- casualty noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
Senses
skadestue is used for these senses in English:
- emergency department (healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.
- emergency room (North America, Philippines, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.
casualty — full definition
- noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- noun A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
- noun Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
- noun A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).