n.
Pronunciation: ' v ə r-ti- ˌ g ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -goes or -gos
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin vertigin-, vertigo, from vertere to turn
Date: 15th century
1 a : a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily b : a dizzy confused state of mind
2 : disordered vertiginous movement as a symptom of disease in lower animals also : a disease (as gid) causing this