| PVD | patient very disturbed; peripheral vascular disease; portal vein dilation; posterior vitreous detach... |
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| REPS | reactive extensor postural synergy |
| TV | talipes varus; television; tetrazolium violet; thoracic vertebra; tickborne virus; tidal volume; tot... |
| MPPN | malignant persistent positional nystagmus |
| PAN | periarteritis nodosa; periodic alternating nystagmus; peroxyacylnitrate; polyarteritis nodosa; posit... |
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| mechanical vertigo | Vertigo caused by continued rotation or vibration of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Charcot's vertigo | Fainting as a result of a coughing spell, caused by persistent increased intrathoracic pressure diminishing venous return to the heart, thus lowering cardiac output; most often occurs in heavy-set male smokers who have chronic bronchitis. Synonym: Charcot's vertigo, laryngeal vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic vertigo | A condition in which attacks of vertigo occur in rapid succession. Synonym: chronic vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic vertigo | Dizziness as result of changes in inner ear resulting from absence of gravity. Synonym: physiologic vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| height vertigo | Dizziness experienced when looking down from a great height or in looking up at a high building or cliff. Synonym: vertical vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horizontal vertigo | Dizziness experienced on lying down. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sham-movement vertigo | Dizziness accompanied by an impression that the body is rotating or that objects are rotating about the body. Synonym: gyrosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical vertigo | A sensation of dizziness, as from a whirling motion, whose aetiology is psychosomatic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nocturnal vertigo | A feeling of falling when dropping off to sleep. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular vertigo | Dizziness attributed to refractive errors or imbalance of the extrinsic muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic vertigo | Vertigo due to brain damage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic paralytic vertigo | A paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a non-specific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Synonym: endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier's disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic vertigo | A paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a non-specific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Synonym: endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier's disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labyrinthine vertigo | <neurology> A name applied to recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and deafness. A dysfunction of the semi-circular canals (endolymphatic sac) in the inner ear. Symptoms include dizziness, hearing loss (one-sided), vertigo, nausea, vomiting and abnormal eye movements. Treatment includes anticholinergics, antihistamines and other medications which relieve vertigo. Diuretic medications have been used to lower pressure in the endolymphatic sac. (27 Sep 1997) |
| laryngeal vertigo | Fainting as a result of a coughing spell, caused by persistent increased intrathoracic pressure diminishing venous return to the heart, thus lowering cardiac output; most often occurs in heavy-set male smokers who have chronic bronchitis. Synonym: Charcot's vertigo, laryngeal vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |