vertigo

Meaning of vertigo

noun

a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve; giddiness.

late Middle English: from Latin, ‘whirling’, from vertere ‘to turn’.

Information about vertigo

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of vertigo is: vertigos.
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Hyphenation of vertigo

ver-tigo

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • vertigo is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

vertigo synonyms

Meaning dizziness:

dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness

Meaning extreme or irrational fear of heights:

acrophobia

Meaning vertigo in sheep caused by a tapeworm larva encysted in the brain:

sturdy

Translation of vertigo

Words that rhyme with vertigo

latigo, impetigo, Peshtigo, Unalachtigo, witigo, Antigo, lentigo, tentigo, pseudovertigo

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