Vertigo Definition

vûrtĭ-gō
vertigo, vertigos
noun
The sensation of dizziness.
American Heritage Medicine
A condition in which one has the feeling of whirling or of having the surroundings whirling about one, so that one tends to lose one's balance; dizziness.
Webster's New World
An instance of such a sensation.
American Heritage Medicine
A confused, disoriented state of mind.
American Heritage Medicine

A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.

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Other Word Forms of Vertigo

Noun

Singular:
vertigo
Plural:
vertigos

Origin of Vertigo

  • Middle English from Latin vertīgō from vertere to turn wer-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vertīgō.

    From Wiktionary

Vertigo Sentence Examples

  • I found that I might have days where I was experiencing mild vertigo.

  • Can you get vertigo from your own brain's internal height?

  • Patients with a clear history of positionally related vertigo almost always have benign positional vertigo.

  • Doctors use the term vertigo to describe this condition.

  • Occasionally, a sudden turn of the person 's head triggers vertigo for a few seconds.

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Words Starting With

VVEVER

Words Ending With

OGOIGO

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