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).
1. Medicine Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic. 2. Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe: astringent remarks. n. A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions.