callus

Examples

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• Due to abundant callus formation, clavicle fractures usually heal with a palpable and visible bump.

  Academic text (2006)

• The compromised bone formed a callus around a foreign object that was embedded in the open wound.

  The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969)

• - Well, the callus is forming around the bone.

  David Beckham: Infamous (2022)

• Note the visible callus bump that is present.

  Academic text (2006)

• There are four phases of healing that depend on the degree of ossification of the callus about the fracture site.

  Academic text (2003)

• Callus formation occurs between 2 and 6 weeks after injury as the granulation tissue matures.

  Academic text (2002)

• The x-ray showed that the fracture was already healing, as evidenced by the callus formation.

  Academic text (2007)

• Early inflammatory responses initiated by the fracture callus institute the process of bone healing through progressive stages.

  Academic text (2003)

• The bridging callus surrounds the ends of the fracture fragment and advances toward the other fragment.

  Academic text (2002)

• The x-ray showed that a callus was forming around the fractured bone as part of the healing process.

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