Surgicel

Surgicel
Sur·gi·cel (surґjĭ-sel) trademark for an absorbable knitted fabric prepared by controlled oxidation of cellulose, used as a hemostatic agent to control intraoperative hemorrhage when other conventional methods are impractical or ineffective.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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