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What's the medical term for feeling woozy?

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Semantics: Woozy is one of those words, like "dizzy", which is extremely vague. To give it a "proper medical name" much more precision in description of "woozy" will be needed.

Dr Ali and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 10/3/2016

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