Blood clots can present as red tender lines on the legs or they can develop silently and grow extensively in the deep veins of the leg before being discovered. They are suspected by the physician when there is swelling or pain in just one leg that is not explainable by any other cause such as an injury or other event.
Thiol with a blue-highlighted sulfhydryl group. In organic chemistry, a thiol (/ËÎ¸aÉªËÉËl/ , /ËÎ¸aÉªËÉl/) is an organosulfur compound that contains a carbon-bonded sulfhydryl (âCâSH or RâSH) group (where R represents an alkane, alkene, or other carbon-containing group of atoms).
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: astringent, astringent drug, styptic(adj) a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals. acerb, acerbic, astringent(adj) sour or bitter in taste. astringent(adj) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue.