Vertigo /(?; 277)/

Ver·ti·go

Vertigo

n.

pl. Vertigoes, Vertigines

  1. 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. (Med.)
  2. 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. (Zool.)