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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

• WHIPLASH INJURY (noun)

Sense 1

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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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