vertigo Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
giddiness; dizziness; lightheadedness.

L., fr. vertere to turn. See Verse.

plural E Vertigoes L Vertigines

(Med.) 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.
(Zoöl.) 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.