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   vertigo

   /ˈvəːtɪɡəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve; giddiness.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin, ‘whirling’, from vertere ‘to turn’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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