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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Sensation Disorders > Dizziness
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Sensation Disorders > Dizziness

Preferred term

Dizziness  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Dizzyness

Note

  • differentiate from VERTIGO, illusion of revolution in space, but use word of text

Scope note

  • An imprecise term which may refer to a sense of spatial disorientation, motion of the environment, or lightheadedness.

History note

  • 1979

In other languages

  • heitehuimaus

    Finnish

  • heikotus
  • huimauskohtaus
  • pyörrytys
  • pyörrytyskohtaus
  • Svindel

    Swedish

  • Ortostatism
  • Ostadighetskänsla

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004244

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