What is "vertigines"

Vertigo \Ver"ti*go\ (?; 277), n.; pl. E. Vertigoes, L. Vertigines. [L., fr. vertere to turn. See Verse.]

1. (Med.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
   --Quian.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture.

1. n. a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall [syn: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness]

2. [also: vertigoes (pl), vertigines (pl)]

See vertigo