noun
whiplash; whiplash injury
Medical term for neck injury caused by sudden jerking motion, typically from a car accident.
交通事故で鞭打ち症になった。
I got whiplash from a traffic accident.
Standard kanji spelling for the medical term.
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; often used in patient-facing materials.
Compound of 鞭打ち (muchiuchi, 'whipping') + 症 (shō, 'condition/syndrome'), literally 'whipping syndrome', describing the whip-like motion of the neck.