vertigo
noun
ver·ti·go
ˈvər-ti-ˌgō 
plural vertigoes or vertigos
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 mind
2
: disordered vertiginous movement as a symptom of disease in lower animals
also
: a disease (such as gid) causing this
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Before the blackouts, the vertigo, the sniffle, and the cough, Dakota’s childhood in the seaside North Carolina vacation town of Manteo was idyllic.
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Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Common warning signs include dizziness, vertigo, neck pain or visual disturbances.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Miller, a child star from Toronto, was feeling the vertigo of abandoning show business.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Too much traffic, too much vertigo, too many incomplete explanations because everyone was trying to feign a composure that no one, not even the most distantly related, could maintain.
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Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Common warning signs include dizziness, vertigo, neck pain or visual disturbances.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Miller, a child star from Toronto, was feeling the vertigo of abandoning show business.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Too much traffic, too much vertigo, too many incomplete explanations because everyone was trying to feign a composure that no one, not even the most distantly related, could maintain.
—Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Vertigo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vertigo. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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vertigo
noun
ver·ti·go
ˈvərt-i-ˌgō
plural vertigoes or vertigos
1
: a sensation in which a person or a person's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
2
: a confused or bewildered state of mind
Medical Definition
vertigo
noun
ver·ti·go
ˈvərt-i-ˌgō
plural vertigoes or vertigos
1
: a sensation of motion which is associated with various disorders (as of the inner ear) and in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily see objective vertigo, subjective vertigo compare dizziness
2
: disordered vertiginous movement as a symptom of disease in lower animals
also
: a disease (as gid) causing this
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