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whiplash noun

  /ˈwɪpˌlæʃ/ , /ˈʍɪpˌlæʃ/
  • 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.
 coup de fouet
  • (countable) The lash of a whip.
 coup de fouet, coup du lapin, traumatisme cervical
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