noun

vertigo

vertigo, dizziness

Looking down from the high building gave me vertigo.

Looking down from the high building gave me vertigo.

a feeling of spinning or dizziness He suffers from vertigo.

Synonyms: dizziness, lightheadedness

From Latin 'vertigo' meaning 'a whirling or spinning', from 'vertere' meaning 'to turn'.

Imagine the world is spinning 'vertically' around you, causing dizziness. The root 'vert-' means 'turn'.

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