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Vertigo is a sense of dizziness or a lack of balance that is usually caused by looking down from a great height. (noun)

When you feel dizzy as you look down from the top of a tall building, this is an example of vertigo.

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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

See vertigo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(vûrˈtĭ-gōˌ)

noun pl. ver·ti·goes or ver·ti·gos

a. The sensation of dizziness.
b. An instance of such a sensation.
A confused, disoriented state of mind.

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