Definitions for: Vertigo


[n] a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness

See Also: symptom

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