Usually means: Sensation of spinning or dizziness.
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We found 52 dictionaries that define the word vertigo:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. vertigo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vertigo: Merriam-Webster
  3. vertigo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vertigo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vertigo: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vertigo: Vocabulary.com
  7. Vertigo, vertigo: Wordnik
  8. vertigo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. vertigo: Wiktionary
  10. vertigo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. vertigo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. vertigo: Dictionary.com
  13. vertigo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. vertigo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Vertigo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. vertigo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. vertigo: Rhymezone
  19. Vertigo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. vertigo: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. vertigo: FreeDictionary.org
  22. vertigo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. vertigo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. vertigo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Vertigo (album), Vertigo (disambiguation), vertigo: Encyclopedia

Medicine (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. vertigo: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Vertigo: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Vertigo: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  10. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  11. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  12. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  13. Vertigo (album), Vertigo (disambiguation), Vertigo (medical), vertigo: Medical dictionary
  14. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  15. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  16. Vertigo: Drug Medical Dictionary
  17. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Vertigo: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Vertigo: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. vertigo: Chapters in the Sky
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See vertigoes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
noun:  A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
noun:  The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
noun:  A snail of the genus Vertigo.

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