Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Imperfect vision, accompanied with giddiness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Dizziness with dimness of sight.
  • noun (Med.) Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete dizziness with dimness of sight
  • noun obsolete obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek, dizziness.

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