HyperDic: whiplash_injury

English > 1 sense of the expression whiplash injury:
NOUNstatewhiplash injury, whiplashan injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
English > whiplash injury: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident).
Synonymwhiplash
Broaderinjury, hurt, harm, traumaAny physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Spanishdesnucamiento, latigazo
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