VERTIGOES

VERTIGO

dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo

(noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

vertigoes

(dated) plural of vertigo

Source: Wiktionary


VERTIGO

Ver"ti*go, n; pl. E. Vertigoes, L. Vertigines. Etym: [L., fr. vertere to turn. See Verse.]

1. (Med.)

Definition: 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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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