Category: V

Vertigo due to disease or malfunction of the vestibular apparatus.  

Vertigo produced by standing or by looking up or down.    

The ability to perceive accurately the vertical position in the absence of environmental cues. Deficits in vertical perception may result in a tendency for patients to fall.  

Vertical, indicating any plane that passes through the body parallel to the long axis of the body.  

A bariatric surgical procedure that restricts the passage of food into the stomach, increasing the feeling of satiety after a meal.  

Plastic surgical repair of a vertebra.  

Concerning the vertebral and basilar arteries.  

Excision of a vertebra or part of one. Vertebrectomy, which is the surgical excision of a vertebra.  

A subphylum of the phylum Chordata characterized by possession of a segmented backbone or spinal column. It includes the following classes: Agnatha (cyclostomes), Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes), Osteichthyes (bony fishes), Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia. Members of this subphylum possess an axial notochord at some period of their existence.  

A clinical form of bartonellosis. It is marked by a chronic, benign cutaneous eruption consisting of raised, reddish-purple nodules on the skin and mucous membranes. An infectious skin condition found in Peru, also known as Peruvian wart.