staggers

staggers
A form of decompression sickness in which vertigo, mental confusion, and muscular weakness are the chief symptoms.

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stag·gers 'stag-ərz n pl
1) sing or pl in constr any of various abnormal conditions of domestic mammals and birds associated with damage to the central nervous system and marked by incoordination and a reeling unsteady gait see BLIND STAGGERS compare GRASS TETANY
2) vertigo occurring as a symptom of decompression sickness also DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

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stag·gers (stagґərz) 1. incoordination in animals. 2. a form of vertigo occurring in decompression sickness.

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