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scotodinia

scotodinia noun: a form of vertigo involving sudden dizziness, headache, and blurred vision.

Noun

scotodinia (uncountable)

  1. A form of vertigo involving sudden dizziness, headache, and blurred vision

Origin of scotodinia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκοτοδινία (skotodinía), from σκότος (skótos, “darkness”) + δίνη (dínē, “whirling”). Equivalent to scoto- + dino- + -ia.

Questions about scotodinia

What does scotodinia mean?
Scotodinia means a form of vertigo involving sudden dizziness, headache, and blurred vision.
What part of speech is scotodinia?
Scotodinia is a noun.

Words near scotodinia in the dictionary

  1. scotobiology
  2. Scotocentric
  3. scotochromogen
  4. scotochromogenic
  5. scotochromogens
  6. scotodinia
  7. scotogenic
  8. scotograph
  9. scotographic
  10. scotographs
  11. scotography

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