Medical Term:

Homans sign

Pronunciation: hō′mănz

Definition: Pain in the calf when the ankle is slowly and gently dorsiflexed (with the knee bent), indicative of incipient or established thrombosis in the veins of the leg.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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