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VERTIGO
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Irregular inflected forms: vertigines , vertigoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
Synonyms:
dizziness; giddiness; lightheadedness; vertigo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("vertigo" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Derivation:
vertiginous (having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling)
