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Vertigo - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Vertigo : Vertigo: Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak), vertigo is a feeling that you are dizzily turning around or that things are
dizzily turning about you. Vertigo is usually due to a problem with the inner ear. Vertigo can also be caused by vision problems.
The word "vertigo" comes from the Latin "vertere", to turn _ the suffix "-igo", a condition = a condition of turning about). Vertigo is medically distinct from dizziness, lightheadedness, and
unsteadiness. See: Dizziness, Lightheadedness, and Unsteadiness.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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