vertigo
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vertigo /ˈvəːtɪgəʊ/
▶noun a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve.
– origin ME: from L., ‘whirling’, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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