vertigines

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vertigines - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vertigo \Ver"ti*go\ (?; 277), n.; pl. E. Vertigoes, L.
     Vertigines. [L., fr. vertere to turn. See Verse.]
     1. (Med.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of
        the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to
        move in various directions, and the person affected finds
        it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
        --Quain.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails
        belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or
        conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture.
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