Vertigo

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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "vertigo":
     abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation,
     asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia,
     cachexy, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing,
     cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, drunkenness, dysentery,
     dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever,
     fibrillation, flux, giddiness, growth, hemorrhage,
     high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus,
     indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, instability, itching,
     jaundice, labored breathing, lightheadedness, low blood pressure,
     lumbago, marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain,
     paralysis, pruritus, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, shock,
     skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, spinning head, swimming,
     tabes, tachycardia, tumor, upset stomach, vertiginousness,
     vomiting, wasting, wooziness