PHILOSTRATUS
\fˈɪləstɹˌatəs], \fˈɪləstɹˌatəs], \f_ˈɪ_l_ə_s_t_ɹ_ˌa_t_ə_s]\
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A Greek rhetorician and sophist; born in the island of Lemnos between 170 and 180 A. D.; died about 250. Of his writings five are extant: viz., "Life of Apollonius of Tyana", the famous religious impostor and thaumaturge; "Lives of the Sophists"; "Heroics"; "Images"; and "Epistles".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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.