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vertigo |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vertigo \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vertigo n : a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall [syn: {dizziness}, {giddiness}, {lightheadedness}]
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