whiplash injury

[hwip-lash, wip-]

whip·lash

[hwip-lash, wip-]
noun
1.
the lash of a whip.
2.
an abrupt snapping motion or change of direction resembling the lash of a whip.
3.
Also, whiplash injury. a neck injury caused by a sudden jerking backward, forward, or both, of the head: Whiplash resulted when their car was struck from behind.
4.
Also called whiplash curve. a connected series of reverse curves of more or less elliptical form, used as a major design motif in the art Nouveau style.
verb (used with object)
5.
to beat, hit, throw, etc., with or as if with a whiplash.
6.
to affect adversely, as by a sudden change: new taxes whiplashing corporate earnings.

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Origin:
1565–75; 1950–55 for def. 6; whip + lash1
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whiplash injury
 
n
informal med Technical name: hyperextension-hyperflexion injury any injury to the neck resulting from a sudden thrusting forwards and snapping back of the unsupported head

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whiplash injury n.
A hyperextension-hyperflexion injury to the cervical spine caused by an abrupt jerking movement of the head, either in a backward or forward direction.

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