GASTEROPOD
\ɡˈastəɹˌɒpɒd], \ɡˈastəɹˌɒpɒd], \ɡ_ˈa_s_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɒ_p_ɒ_d]\
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gas'ter-o-pod, n. one of a class of molluscs, embracing whelks, limpets, snails, &c., having in general a muscular disc under the belly, which serves them as feet--also GAS'TROPOD:--pl. GASTEROP'ODA.--adj. GASTEROP'ODOUS. [Formed from Gr. gast[=e]r, the stomach, pous, podos, a foot.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Vertebral Artery Dissection
- Dissection wall artery, leading to formation an aneurysm that occlude vessel. Thrombus give rise emboli. Cervical fractures or related NECK INJURIES and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA are commonly associated conditions, although this process may occur spontaneously. Ischemia, infarction, hemorrhage in the vascular distribution of affected vertebral artery complicate condition.