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BPPV

BPPV is the initialism of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Meaning of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Noun

benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (uncountable)

  1. A disorder of the inner ear, characterized by a brief spinning sensation upon changes in the position of the head.
    Synonyms:
    BPPV

Questions about BPPV

What is BPPV the initialism of?
BPPV is the initialism of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Words near BPPV in the dictionary

  1. BPOC
  2. BPOE
  3. BPON
  4. BPOs
  5. bpp
  6. BPPV
  7. BPR
  8. bps
  9. BPSD
  10. BPSS
  11. bpt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BPPV (page history and authors); benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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