whiplash

Noun

 * 1)  The lash of a whip.
 * 2) An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
 * 3)  An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
 * 1)  An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.

Usage notes
The exact causal chain leading to the medical condition as well as the objectivisation of its diagnostics are still controversial, thus the attributability of symptoms to the acts of tortfeasors is frequently subject to dispute.

Translations

 * Catalan: fuetada
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: piskesmæld
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: piiskanisku
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: lasc fuipe
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: nakkesleng
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: реме́нь кнута́, бечева́ плети́
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: камшичен удар
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 揮鞭傷
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, niskan retkahdusvamma
 * French:, traumatisme cervical
 * German:, Halswirbelsäulenschleudertrauma, HWS-Schleudertrauma, Halswirbelsäulen-Distorsion, HWS-Distorsion, Distorsion der Halswirbelsäule, Schleudertrauma der Halswirbelsäule
 * Irish: fuiplasc
 * Italian: colpo di frusta
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: uraz biczowy, uraz biczowaty
 * Portuguese: lesão em chicote
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: latigazo cervical
 * Swedish: ,

Verb

 * 1) To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
 * 2) To lash as if with a whip.
 * 1) To lash as if with a whip.

Noun

 * 1) a  injury