Vertigo (medical condition): The odd balance sensation of inappropriate spinning or movement of the environment.
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Vertigo: Although this word is correctly stressed on the second syllable, in U.S. usage it is often stressed on the first syllable. (1) A sensation of spinning or whirling motion. Vertigo implies a definite sensation of rotation of the subject (subjective vertigo) or of objects about the subject (objective vertigo) in any plane. (2) Imprecisely used as a general term to describe dizziness. [L. vertigo (vertigin-), dizziness, fr. verto, to turn]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Vertigo: a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Vertigo: Vertigo is a feeling of movement, a sensation as if the external world were revolving around the patient (objective vertigo) or as if he himself were revolving in space (subjective vertigo). Vertigo is medically distinct from dizziness, lightheadedness, and unsteadiness.
Source: Diseases Database
Vertigo: illusory sense that either the environment or one's own body is revolving; may result from disease of the inner ear or disturbances of the vestibular centers or pathways.
Source: CRISP
Vertigo: An illusion of movement, either of the external world revolving around the individual or of the individual revolving in space. Vertigo may be associated with disorders of the inner ear (EAR, INNER); VESTIBULAR NERVE; BRAINSTEM; or CEREBRAL CORTEX. Lesions in the TEMPORAL LOBE and PARIETAL LOBE may be associated with FOCAL SEIZURES that may feature vertigo as an ictal manifestation. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp300-1).
Source: MeSH 2007
Vertigo (medical condition): See Vertigo (disease information).
»Introduction: Vertigo
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»Causes of Vertigo
»Treatments for Vertigo
Vertigo: Vertigo is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Vertigo (symptom): Feeling that the room or person is moving or spinning.
Vertigo (symptom): Vertigo is the sensation that the room is moving or spinning, or that the person is moving or spinning within the environment. The term "dizziness" is often used for milder feelings of lightheadedness, but this word needs to be ... more
Vertigo: See also Vertigo:
»Introduction: Vertigo
»Causes of Vertigo
Vertigo (symptom): See Vertigo (symptom information).
These medical disease topics may be related to Vertigo:
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The following list attempts to classify Vertigo into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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Source: Diseases Database
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