Look up: vertigo

1. Vertigo
   A sensation of having the surroundings rotate, or of rotating in space. Similar to but not synonymous with dizziness.
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2. vertigo
   [Noun] Feeling of dizziness generally caused by looking down from a high place.
   Example: I got vertigo when I climbed to the top of the tall building and looked down to streets below.
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3. vertigo
   Dizziness; an illusion of movement as if the external world were revolving around an individual or as if the individual were revolving in space.
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4. Vertigo
   the feeling that one or one's surroundings are spinning
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5. Vertigo
   Means dizziness. It does not mean a fear of heights (acrophobia)
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6. Vertigo
   The feeling that either oneself or one's surroundings is spinning round. Most frequently associated with disease of the inner ear such as Meniere's disease, where there is associated nausea, vomiting and tinnitus.
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7. Vertigo
   Giddiness.
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8. Vertigo
   Vertigo: Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak), vertigo is a feeling that you are dizzily turning around or that things are dizzily turning about you. Vertigo is usually due to a problem with the inner ear. Vertigo can also be caused by ...
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9. vertigo
   giddiness,swimming in the head,a sense of instability,often with a sensation of rotation Category: Medicine
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10. Vertigo
    Ver'ti·go noun ; plural English Vertigoes , Latin Vertigines . [ Latin , from vertere to turn. See Verse .] 1. (Medicine) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, t...
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11. vertigo
    <neurology, symptom> An illusion of movement, a sensation as if the external world were revolving around the patient (objective vertigo) or as if he himself were revolving in space (subjective vertigo). ... The term is sometimes erroneously used to mean any form of dizziness. ... Origin: L. Vertigo ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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12. vertigo
    (vur´tĭ-go) a sensation of rotation or movement of one's self (subjective vertigo) or of one's surroundings (objective vertigo) in any plane. The term is sometimes used erroneously as a synonym for dizziness. Vertigo may result from diseases of the inner ear or may be due to disturbances of the vestibular centers o...
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13. Vertigo
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in v...
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14. vertigo
    sensation that a person`s surroundings are rotating or that he himself is revolving. Usually the state produces dizziness, mental bewilderment, and ... [4 related articles]
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15. vertigo
    (L. vertigo) an illusion of movement; a sensation as if the external world were revolving around the patient (objective vertigo) or as if he himself were revolving in space (subjective vertigo). The term is sometimes erroneously used to mean any form of dizziness.
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16. vertigo
    vertigo (vûr'tigō) , sensations of moving in space or of objects moving about a person and the resultant difficulty in maintaining equilibrium. True vertigo, as distinguished from faintness, lightheadedness, and other forms of dizziness, occurs as a result of a disturbance of some par...
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17. Vertigo
    Vertigo is the sensation of giddiness caused by a disturbance of the function of equilibrium or disease of the inner ear.
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18. Vertigo
    Vertigo is a psychological thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak in a story about a San Francisco detective with a fear of heights trailing a friend's suicidal wife. Vertigo was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958.
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19. vertigo
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ver-ti′gō Definitions: 1. A sensation of spinning or whirling motion. Vertigo implies a definite sensation of rotation of the subject (subjective vertigo) or of objects about the subject (objective vertigo) in any plane. 2. Imprecisely used as a general term to describe dizziness.
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20. vertigo
    Dizziness; a whirling sensation accompanied by a loss of any feeling of contact with the ground. It may be due to temporary disturbance of the sense of balance (as in spinning for too long on one spot), psychological reasons, disease such as labyrinthitis, or intoxication
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21. vertigo
    (ver;tu1-go) A feeling of movement or loss of equilibrium.
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22. vertigo
    (ver;tu1-go) A feeling of movement or loss of equilibrium.
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23. Vertigo
    (film) `Vertigo` (1958) is a psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor, based on the 1954 novel D`entre les morts by Boileau-Narcejac. It ...
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24. Vertigo
    (DC Comics) `Vertigo` is an imprint of the American comic-book publisher DC Comics. Its books are marketed to a late-teen and adult audience, and may contain graphic violence, substance abuse, frank (but not explicit) depictions of sexuality, profanity, and controversial subjects. Although ma...
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25. Vertigo
    (Marvel Comics) `Vertigo` is a native of the Savage Land who obtained superhuman powers at a young age by genetic engineering. Her powers enable her to render a person severely dizzy and even unconscious. Fictional character biography: She was initially a member of the Savage Land Mutates, em...
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