Vertigo

['vɜːtɪgəʊ] or ['vɝtɪɡo]

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

Editor: Ramon

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Dizziness, giddiness, swimming of the head.

Typed by Cyril

Definition

n. a sensation of giddiness: dizziness.—adjs. Vertiginate (ver-tij′-) Vertig′inous turning round: affected with vertigo: giddy.—adv. Vertig′inously.—n. Vertig′inousness.

Inputed by Cleo