vertigines

Variant of vertigo

noun pl. vertigoes or vertigines

Med. a condition in which one has the feeling of whirling or of having the surroundings whirling about one, so that one tends to lose one's balance; dizziness

Origin: L, dizziness < vertere: see verse

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