Vertigo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The sensation of dizziness.
  • n. An instance of such a sensation.
  • n. A confused, disoriented state of mind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
  • n. A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
  • n. The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Dizziness; giddiness; a condition in which the individual or the objects around him appear to be whirling about.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] In conchology, a genus of pulmonates, typical of the family Vertiginidæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
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    vertigines    vertigoes   
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    giddiness    dizziness   
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