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Vertigo

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Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak), vertigo is a feeling that you are dizzily turning around or that things are dizzily turning about you.

Vertigo is usually due to a problem with the inner ear.

Vertigo can also be caused by vision problems.

The word 'vertigo' comes from the Latin 'vertere', to turn + the suffix '-igo', a condition = a condition of turning about).

Vertigo is medically distinct from dizziness, lightheadedness, and unsteadiness.

See: Dizziness, Lightheadedness, and Unsteadiness.

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