Definitions for vertigo
ˈvɜr tɪˌgoʊ; vərˈtɪdʒ əˌnizver·ti·go

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigonoun

   a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vertigonoun

   A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.

2. vertigonoun

   A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.

3. vertigonoun

   The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.

4. Etymology: From vertigo.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vertigo

   Vertigo is a condition where a person has the sensation of movement or of surrounding objects moving when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. This may be associated with nausea, vomiting, sweating, or difficulties walking. It is typically worse when the head is moved. Vertigo is the most common type of dizziness.The most common disorders that result in vertigo are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Ménière's disease, and vestibular neuritis. Less common causes include stroke, brain tumors, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, migraines, trauma, and uneven pressures between the middle ears. Physiologic vertigo may occur following being exposed to motion for a prolonged period such as when on a ship or simply following spinning with the eyes closed. Other causes may include toxin exposures such as to carbon monoxide, alcohol, or aspirin. Vertigo typically indicates a problem in a part of the vestibular system. Other causes of dizziness include presyncope, disequilibrium, and non-specific dizziness.Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is more likely in someone who gets repeated episodes of vertigo with movement and is otherwise normal between these episodes. The episodes of vertigo should last less than one minute. The Dix-Hallpike test typically produces a period of rapid eye movements known as nystagmus in this condition. In Ménière's disease there is often ringing in the ears, hearing loss, and the attacks of vertigo last more than twenty minutes. In vestibular neuritis the onset of vertigo is sudden and the nystagmus occurs without movement. In this condition vertigo can last for days. More severe causes should also be considered. This is especially true if other problems such as weakness, headache, double vision, or numbness occur.Dizziness affects approximately 20–40% of people at some point in time, while about 7.5–10% have vertigo. About 5% have vertigo in a given year. It becomes more common with age and affects women two to three times more often than men. Vertigo accounts for about 2–3% of emergency department visits in the developed world.

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1. vertigo

   Vertigo is a sensation of feeling off balance or experiencing a sense of dizziness. Most often, it's associated with a problem in the inner ear or brain. People with vertigo often feel a spinning or swaying movement, which can be accompanied by nausea, headache, sweating, ringing in the ears or loss of balance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vertigonoun

   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. Vertigonoun

   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

3. Etymology: [L., fr. vertere to turn. See Verse.]

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1. Vertigo

   Vertigo is a subtype of dizziness in which a patient inappropriately experiences the perception of motion due to dysfunction of the vestibular system. It is often associated with nausea and vomiting as well as a balance disorder, causing difficulties standing or walking. There are three types of vertigo. The first is known as objective and describes when the patient has the sensation that objects in the environment are moving; the second is known as subjective and refers to when the patient feels as if he or she is moving, and the third is known as pseudovertigo, an intensive sensation of rotation inside the patient's head. While appearing in textbooks, this classification has little to do with the pathophysiology or treatment of vertigo. Dizziness and vertigo are common medical issues, affecting approximately 20%-30% of the general population. Vertigo may be present in patients of all ages. The prevalence of vertigo rises with age and is about two to three times higher in women than in men. It accounts for about 2-3% of emergency department visits. The main causes of vertigo are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Ménière's disease, vestibular neuritis, and labyrinthitis, but may also be caused by a concussion or a vestibular migraine. Excessive consumption of ethanol can also cause symptoms of vertigo. Repetitive spinning, as in familiar childhood games, can induce short-lived vertigo by disrupting the inertia of the fluid in the vestibular system; this is known as physiologic vertigo.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vertigo

   ver′ti-gō, or ver-tī′gō, n. a sensation of giddiness: dizziness.—adjs. Vertiginate (ver-tij′-), Vertig′inous, turning round: affected with vertigo: giddy.—adv. Vertig′inously.—n. Vertig′inousness. [L.,—vertĕre, to turn.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vertigo in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vertigo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of vertigo in a Sentence

1. Stephen Mallon:

   I had never seen anything like this, and I've been in New York for over 20 years ... there's a sense of vertigo as they drop -- you want to hold on as it falls.

2. Milan Kundera:

   Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo Fear of falling No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.

3. Ron Rivera:

   There are certain things that pop up all of a sudden, side effects that you have: the fatigue, how tired you get; at times you get nauseous; honestly at times sometimes your equilibrium is messed with, almost a sense of vertigo, then the nausea. It hits you at any time, anywhere. (And) the fatigue and going out to practice and stuff, it limited me, and that really bothers me because I can’t really coach the way I coach.

4. Ogden Nash:

   And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more.

5. Crispin Odey:

   This thing has gone from 10 pounds to 15 pounds in seconds, so most people have got vertigo on this one, you need a finale at the end of a great bull market and I think Sky is going to be that finale.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=vertigo
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vertigo
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vertigo
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=vertigo
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=vertigo