vertigo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
A snail of the genus Vertigo.

/ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/ /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-vertigo.wav

vertigo vertigos vertigoes

Borrowed from Latin vertīgō.

dizziness giddiness

benign paroxysmal positional vertigo vertiginous

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