Enzyme
thrombin Audio
throm·bin [ throm-bin ]
Brand Names:
Artiss; EVARREST; Evicel; Evithrom; Raplixa; Recothrom; TachoSil; Thrombin-JMI; Tisseel; Vistaseal
Effect:
Increased Coagulation Factor Concentration
May Treat:
Hemorrhage
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; DrugInfo; PDR
Definitions related to thrombin:
  • An enzyme formed from PROTHROMBIN that converts FIBRINOGEN to FIBRIN.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Thrombin. Accelerates clotting.
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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