Vertigoes

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]:

  vertigoes
       See {vertigo}