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