| Pronunciation: | | 'vurti`gow
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| | Definition: | | [n] a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall |
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| | Synonyms: | | dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| | Definition: | | Dizziness accompanied by the illusion of motion. |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you have vertigo, symbolizes gloominess and loss in domestic happiness. |
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| | Definition: | | Vertigo is the sensation in which a person feels that he/she is spinning or rotating (or that their surroundings are rotating around them), but the person (and their surroundings) are in fact stationary. Vertigo is often a symptom of inner ear problems that alter a person's sense of equilibrium. |
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