whiplash injury

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noun

med informal any injury to the neck resulting from a sudden thrusting forwards and snapping back of the unsupported headTechnical name: hyperextension-hyperflexion injury

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Words nearby whiplash injury

whip-cracker, whip graft, whip hand, whip in, whiplash, whiplash injury, whipped, whipper-in, whippersnapper, whippet, whipping

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How to use whiplash injury in a sentence

It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
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And thus I end up at the bottom of the stairs, about one month after my injury and two months after my wedding.
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Insult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.
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First he served 90 days in solitary for breaking the rule against self-injury.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A football player killed himself after saying he was ‘all f----- up’ from a head injury.
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It was in the reading-room at the time of the fire, but fortunately escaped injury.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The law only gave you the right to proceed against him to recover money damages for the legal injury.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
He is shining black, and as he tosses his head one can see the wicked horns, capable of doing such terrible injury.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
When the sailors are employed in shifting the sails, great care must be taken to avoid injury by the falling of any of the ropes.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
An automobilist must exercise reasonable or ordinary care to avoid injury to other persons using the highway.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

Medical definitions for whiplash injury

whiplash injury

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