Category:Vertigo

Ver"ti*go, n; pl. E. Vertigoes, l. Vertigines. Etym: [l., fr. vertere To turn. See verse.]

1. (med.)

Defn: 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.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.