Search Result for "whiplash_injury":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident);
[syn: whiplash, whiplash injury]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whiplash injury \Whip"lash` in"ju*ry\, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

whiplash injury n 1: an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) [syn: whiplash, whiplash injury]