whiplash injury

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Noun Phrase

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whip=lash in=ju=ry

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun whiplash injury has 1 sense

whiplash injury(n = noun.state) whiplash - an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident); Array

is a kind of harm, hurt, injury, trauma

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CIDE DICTIONARY

whiplash injury, n.

an injury to the neck caused by the sudden motion of the head backward and forward, as occurs to the occupants of a vehicle hit from behind by another vehicle. [PJC]

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