vertigo

Meanings

Plural: vertigoes, vertigos

Noun

• a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
• A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
• A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
• The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
• A snail of the genus Vertigo.

Synonyms

dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness