3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. --Quain. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: vertigo n : a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall [syn: {dizziness}, {giddiness}, {lightheadedness}] [also: {vertigoes} (pl), {vertigines} (pl)] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: vertigines See {vertigo}
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