Main Entry:

ver·ti·go

Pronunciation:

\ˈvər-ti-ˌgō\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural ver·ti·goes or ver·ti·gos

Etymology:

Middle English, from Latin vertigin-, vertigo, from vertere to turn

Date:

15th century

1 a: a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily b: a dizzy confused state of mind2: disordered vertiginous movement as a symptom of disease in lower animals ; also : a disease (as gid) causing this