vertigo

[ vur-ti-goh ]

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noun,plural ver·ti·goes, ver·tig·i·nes

[ver-tij-uh-neez]. /vərˈtɪdʒ əˌniz/. Pathology.

a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.

Origin of vertigo

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin vertīgō “a turning or whirling round,” equivalent to vert(ere) “to turn” (cf. verse¹) + -īgō noun suffix

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How to use vertigo in a sentence

The vertigo your coastal sophisticate might get from perusing 1791.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
When, in succession, he made vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
To bolster my case I told him we should actually call it Pursuito, like vertigo or Psycho.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Movie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence in vertigo.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock said that when vertigo was finished, he took it to New York to screen it for the Paramount executives.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

The sight made the head of the officer to swim, as if suddenly struck with vertigo.
The Tiger Hunter | Mayne Reid
These symptoms are vertigo, dimness of sight and hearing, pains in the head and nausea.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests | J. J. von Tschudi
Care should be taken not to employ too strong currents, as otherwise vertigo and other unpleasant symptoms may be produced.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 | Various
For a moment Ren had the slight vertigo of a man to whose intense passion is forbidden the relief of physical action.
The Red City | S. Weir Mitchell
More agreeable—not being subject to a sense of vertigo, which frequently (with me) followed the use of animal food.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages | William Andrus Alcott

British Dictionary definitions for vertigo

vertigo

/ (ˈvɜːtɪˌɡəʊ) /

nounplural vertigoes or vertigines (vɜːˈtɪdʒɪˌniːz)

pathol a sensation of dizziness or abnormal motion resulting from a disorder of the sense of balance

Origin of vertigo

C16: from Latin: a whirling round, from vertere to turn

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Scientific definitions for vertigo

vertigo

[ vûr′tĭ-gō′ ]

Dizziness characterized by a sensation of whirling motion, either of oneself or of external objects. Vertigo is often caused by damage or disease in the inner ear.

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