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WHIPLASH INJURY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whiplash injury mean?
• WHIPLASH INJURY (noun)
The noun WHIPLASH INJURY has 1 sense:
1. an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
Familiarity information: WHIPLASH INJURY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
whiplash; whiplash injury
Hypernyms ("whiplash injury" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
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