About The Word Vertigo
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Vertigo
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What's The Definition Of Vertigo?
[n] a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
Synonyms | Synonyms for Vertigo: dizziness | giddiness | lightheadedness Related Terms | Find terms related to Vertigo: See Also | symptom Vertigo In Webster's Dictionary \Ver"ti*go\ (?; 277), n.; pl. E. {Vertigoes}, L.
{Vertigines}. [L., fr. vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]
1. (Med.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of
the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to
move in various directions, and the person affected finds
it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
--Quian.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small land
snails belonging to the genus {Vertigo}, having an
elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the
aperture.
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