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ίλιγγος [vs ζάλη]

English translation: vertigo

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Greek term or phrase:ίλιγγος
English translation:vertigo
Entered by: Andreas THEODOROU

15:06 Aug 14, 2010
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Greek term or phrase: ίλιγγος [vs ζάλη]
In an SmPC, in the section on undesirable events:

χουν αναφερθεί κατά σειρά φθίνουσας συχνότητας: ίλιγγος, κεφαλαλγία, γαστρεντερικές διαταραχές, ναυτία, αγγειοδιαστολή και ζάλη.

Normally I’d translate as dizziness but the problem is that ζάλη occurs at the end of the list....
Andreas THEODOROU
Spain
Local time: 04:44
vertigo [vs dizziness]
Explanation:
HTH
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Valentini Mellas
Greece
Local time: 05:44
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Thanks to all and thanks Dylan for info
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5 +6vertigo [vs dizziness]
Valentini Mellas
Summary of reference entries provided
dizziness vs vertigo
Dylan Edwards

  

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vertigo [vs dizziness]


Explanation:
HTH

Valentini Mellas
Greece
Local time: 05:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 96
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Thanks to all and thanks Dylan for info

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Philip Lees
0 min
agree  Emilia Prekate-Kyminas
6 mins
agree  Kyriacos Georghiou
42 mins
agree  Electra Voulgari
2 hrs
agree  Haralabos Papatheodorou
2 hrs
agree  Dylan Edwards: That's the difference as I understand it. My medical dictionary says (under the definition of 'vertigo'): 'the term is sometimes erroneously used to mean any form of dizziness'.
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19 hrs
Reference: dizziness vs vertigo

Reference information:
dizziness /diz·zi·ness/ (diz´e-nes). 1. a disturbed sense of relationship to space; a sensation of unsteadiness and a feeling of movement within the head; ...
medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/dizziness


Vertigo vs. Dizziness

Vertigo is an “illusory sense that either the environment or one’s own body is revolving; it may result from diseases of the inner ear or may be due to disturbances of the vestibular centers or pathways in the CNS. This term is sometimes erroneously used to mean any form of dizziness.” Dizziness is a “disturbed sense of relationship to space; a sensation of unsteadiness with a feeling of movement within the head.”
www.resourcesforseniors.com/pharm_essays/vertigo.doc

Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
Works in field
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PRO pts in category: 104
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