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Perpignan
City (pop., 1990: 108,000), S France. Located just north of the Spanish border, it was founded c.10th cent. It was the capital of Roussillon in the 12th cent., and of the kingdom of Majorca 1276-1344. It was heavily fortified during the struggle between France and Spain for the area; it became French in 1659. It is now a market center for the surrounding agricultural area; its many medieval buildings have made tourism economically important.


vertigo
Feeling that one is spinning or that one's surroundings are spinning around one, causing confusion and difficulty keeping one's balance, sometimes accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Vertigo is normal after actual spinning, since inner-ear fluid continues to move once the body has stopped, producing a mismatch between visual and internal sensations. Lack of a stable visual reference point also contributes to this effect. Other causes include concussion and abnormalities of the inner ear (e.g., labyrinthitis; see otitis), of the nerves that carry signals from it, or of the brain centers that receive them (e.g., stroke). Vertigo is often confused with a feeling of faintness (see syncope), since both are called dizziness. See also motion sickness, proprioception, spatial disorientation.

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