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1. (n.) vertigo
a disordered condition in which one feels oneself or one's surroundings whirling about.
2. vertigo
the dizzying sensation caused by this.
3. vertigo
a disease marked by vertigo.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L vertīgō whirling movement, dizziness =vert(ere) to turn (see verse ) +-īgō n. suffix)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo
a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) vertigo
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
2. (noun) vertigo
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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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. vertigo
An illusion of movement, either of the external world revolving around the individual or of the individual revolving in space. Vertigo may be associated with disorders of the inner ear (EAR, INNER); VESTIBULAR NERVE; BRAINSTEM; or CEREBRAL CORTEX. Lesions in the TEMPORAL LOBE and PARIETAL LOBE may be associated with FOCAL SEIZURES that may feature vertigo as an ictal manifestation. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp300-1)
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Sense: dizziness, especially as brought on by fear of heights
Keep her back from the edge of the cliff; – she suffers from vertigo.
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 Afrikaans: duiseligheid |
 Arabic: دُوار، دَوْخَه |
 Bulgarian: световъртеж |
 Brazilian: vertigem |
 Czech: závrať |
 German: der Schwindel |
 Danish: svimmelhed |
 Greek: ίλιγγος |
 Spanish: vértigo |
 Estonian: peapööritus, kõrgusekartu |
 Farsi: سرگیجه |
 Finnish: huimaus |
 French: vertige |
 Hebrew: סִחרוּר |
 Hindi: ऊंचाई पर चक्कर आने की बीम |
 Croatian: vrtoglavica |
 Hungarian: szédülés |
 Indonesian: rasa gamang |
 Icelandic: svimi |
 Italian: vertigine |
 Japanese: 目まい |
 Korean: 현기(증) |
 Lithuanian: aukščio baimė |
 Latvian: reibonis; bailes no augst |
 Malay: gayat |
 Dutch: hoogtevrees |
 Norwegian: svimmelhet |
 Polish: zawrót głowy |
 Portuguese: vertigem |
 Romanian: vertij |
 Russian: головокружение |
 Slovak: závrat |
 Slovenian: vrtoglavica |
 Serbian: vertigo |
 Swedish: svindel, yrsel |
 Thai: อาการเวียนศีรษะ |
 Turkish: yükseklik baş dönmesi |
 Taiwanese: 暈眩 |
 Ukrainian: запаморочення |
 Urdu: دوران سر |
 Vietnamese: sự chóng mặt |
 Chinese: 眩晕 |
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