Canine Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas that can occur in two very different forms. Acute pancreatitis is sudden while chronic pancreatitis is characterized by recurring or persistent form of pancreatic inflammation.Cases of both can be considered mild or severe.ancreatitis is caused by autodigestion of the pancreas thought to begin with an increase in secretion of pancreatic enzymes in response to a stimulus, which can be anything from table scraps to getting into the garbage to drugs, toxins, and trauma.
or British mollusc /ËmÉËlÉsk/. plural mollusks. Learner's definition of MOLLUSK. [count] biology. : any one of a large group of animals (such as snails and clams) that have a soft body without a backbone and that usually live in a shell.
Characteristics of Mollusks. Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates with bilateral symmetry and usually one or two shells. Their organs are in a fluid-filled cavity; the word mollusks in Latin means soft.Most of the mollusks live in water but some live on land. There are more than 110,000 species that have been identified.A theoretical, idealized mollusk would crawl on a single flat, muscular foot, and the body would have at least a suggestion of a head at one end and an anus at the other.ost of the mollusks live in water but some live on land. There are more than 110,000 species that have been identified. A theoretical, idealized mollusk would crawl on a single flat, muscular foot, and the body would have at least a suggestion of a head at one end and an anus at the other.