Whiplash

"Whiplash" in German

Achterbahnfahrt

((figurative) abrupt and unexpected change)

Distorsion der Halswirbelsäule

(whiplash injury)

HWS-Distorsion

(whiplash injury)

HWS-Schleudertrauma

(whiplash injury)

Halswirbelsäulen-Distorsion

(whiplash injury)

Halswirbelsäulenschleudertrauma

(whiplash injury)

Peitschenriemen

(lash of a whip)

Schleudertrauma

(whiplash injury)

Schleudertrauma

((figurative) abrupt and unexpected change)

Schleudertrauma der Halswirbelsäule

(whiplash injury)

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