Akademik

fatality

1. A condition, disease, or disaster ending in death. 2. An individual instance of death.

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fa·tal·i·ty fā-'tal-ət-ē, fə- n, pl -ties

1) the quality or state of causing death or destruction: DEADLINESS <the degree of \fatality of a disease>

2 a) death resulting from a disaster <a car crash causing several fatalities>

b) one who suffers such a death <one of the fatalities was a small child>

Medical dictionary. 2011.