staggers

noun plural
stag·​gers | \ ˈstag-ərz How to pronounce staggers (audio) \

Medical Definition of staggers

1  singular or plural in construction : 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