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Definition of Dizziness

1. Noun. A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall.

Definition of Dizziness

1. n. Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

Definition of Dizziness

1. Noun. The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dizziness

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Medical Definition of Dizziness

1. Feelings such as lightheadedness, giddiness, depersonalization (the feeling that one is outside ones body), a sense of turning, spinning or rocking. Sometimes a sensation inside the head and other times related to problems with balance. One cause of dizziness is overbreathing (hyperventilation) due to anxiety. The overbreathing also causes lightheadedness, a sense of unsteadiness and tingling around the mouth and fingertips. Relief can be gotten by breathing in and out of a paper bag (to increase the level of carbon dioxide in the blood). (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Dizziness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Psychology by Mary Whiton Calkins (1908)
"C. ALLEGED SENSATION OF dizziness To the excitation of semicircular canals still another sensation is referred, that of dizziness. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"dizziness. See also the cases set out in the next following subdivision. ... The following verdicts for injuries inducing dizziness in conjunction with ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1886)
"The dizziness was so great that she could not sit up, even in the bed, without producing faintness and vomiting. During all this time there was a constant ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"dizziness and us connection with Migraine.—Dr. T. CLIFFORD AM. ... He would be seized with irresistible dizziness, which would hurl him off his feet on to ..."

5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"LOVE IS LIKE A dizziness. I lately lived in quiet case, Аn' ne'er wish'd to marry, ... Love is like a dizziness ; It winna let a poor body Gang about his ..."

6. Collected Essays and Reviews by William James (1920)
"XIV THE SENSE OF dizziness IN DEAF-MUTES' [1882] PREVENTED by outward circumstances from ... So far as I can make out, the immunity from dizziness which is ..."

7. Health and how to Get it by Charles Lee Bryson (1912)
"dizziness VERTIGO Like headache, dizziness is really a symptom, and not in itself a disease, so that any cure, which will permanently stop it, ..."

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