vertigo

One entry found for vertigo.

Main Entry: ver·ti·go
Pronunciation: 'v&r-ti-"gO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -goes or -gos
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin vertigin-, vertigo, from vertere to turn
1 a : a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily b : a dizzy confused state of mind
2 : disordered vertiginous movement as a symptom of disease in lower animals; also : a disease (as gid) causing this