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<neurology, symptom> An illusion of movement, a sensation as if the external world were revolving around the patient (objective vertigo) or as if he himself were revolving in space (subjective vertigo).
The term is sometimes erroneously used to mean any form of dizziness.
Origin: L. Vertigo
(11 Mar 2008)
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