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vertigo

About 1.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
  2. noun A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
  3. noun The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
  4. noun A snail of the genus Vertigo.

Similar words

dizziness lightheadedness giddiness dizzying dizzy trembling fear staggering shakes disequilibrium

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Word family

vertigines vertigoes vertigos

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