vertigo
noun/ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/
/ˈvɜːrtɪɡəʊ/
[uncountable]- the feeling of dizziness and fear, and of losing your balance, that is caused in some people when they look down from a very high placeWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin, ‘whirling’, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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