Webster's English Dictionary

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vertigo

ver.ti.go \'v*rt-i-.go-\ \(.)v*r-'tij-*-.ne-z\ n or ver.ti.goes or 
   ver.tig.i.nes [L vertigin-, vertigo, fr. vertere to turn] pl  1a: a 
   disordered state in which the individual or his environs seem to whir l 
   dizzily : GIDDINESS 1b: a dizzy confused state of mind  2: disordered 
   vertiginous movement as a symptom of disease in lower animals ; also : a 
   disease (as gid) causing this