whiplash

whip·lash  (hwplsh, wp-)

n.

1. The lash of a whip.

2. An injury to the cervical spine caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head, either backward or forward.

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whiplash

Noun

1. a quick lash of a whip

2. short for whiplash injury

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whiplash - an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) whiplash injury harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
	2.	whiplash - a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt" lash, whip blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"

Translations

whiplash [ˈwɪplæʃ] n (MED) (also: whiplash injury) → latigazo

whiplash [ˈwɪplæʃ] n (Med) (also: whiplash injury) → coup m du lapin

whiplash [ˈwɪplæʃ] whip n → Peitschenhieb m;

(Med) (also: whiplash injury) → Schleudertrauma nt

whiplash [ˈwɪplæʃ] n (MED) (also: whiplash injury) → colpo di frusta