vertigo
Other forms: vertigoes; vertigos
If you're standing still but the room is inexplicably spinning, you might want to let someone know you're suffering from vertigo — the sensation of dizziness or whirling.
Contrary to popular belief, vertigo is not exactly the same thing as acrophobia, the fear of heights. However, acrophobia can result in the symptoms associated with vertigo. Interestingly, when legendary director Alfred Hitchcock created a film about a detective with an intense fear of heights, he named the film Vertigo, not Acrophobia; perhaps he thought Vertigo was catchier.
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a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fallsynonyms: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadednesstype of:symptom(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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Thomas wakes up in a strange place with his memories erased, surrounded by people he doesn't know. The only way out is through a shifting, kaleidoscopic maze—and no one has ever reached the end.
Using a graphic novel format, the authors tell the stories of the first women in space, focusing on astronaut Mary Cleave.