MeSH definition : A dry artificial sterile sponge of fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam
or solution of fibrinogen. It is used in conjunction with thrombin as a hemostatic
in surgery at sites where bleeding cannot be controlled by more common methods. (From
Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p648);
A dry artificial sterile sponge of fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam
or solution of fibrinogen. It is used in conjunction with thrombin as a hemostatic
in surgery at sites where bleeding cannot be controlled by more common methods. (From
Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p648)