induration in a sentence

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1. A technician performs a "'induration ( hardening of the skin ) at the injection site a few days later.
2. Induration of 5mm or more with erythema ( redness ), or 10mm without, 48 hours post injection are positive Fernandez reactions.
3. Skin response to a hypersensitivity of this type is referred to as an Arthus reaction, and is characterized by local erythema and some induration.
4. Within each area, the severity is estimated by three clinical signs : erythema ( redness ), induration ( thickness ) and desquamation ( scaling ).
5. "' Brown induration "'is fibrosis and hemosiderin pigmentation of the lungs due to long standing pulmonary congestion ( chronic passive congestion ).
6. Treatment is mostly associated with mild to moderate injection-site reactions ( local erithema, induration and pain ), which disappear within 24 48 hours.
7. Unlike the tuberculin test however, another reaction occurs in lepromatous patients at the injection site 21 days post injection, also appearing as induration and possible ulceration.
8. The reaction is read by measuring the diameter of induration ( palpable raised, hardened area ) across the forearm ( perpendicular to the long axis ) in millimeters.
9. Though these lesions may resemble nodular melanoma, the lack of induration, slow growth, and lightening appearance upon diascopy suggest against it, and indicate a vascular lesion.
10. All currently used anthrax vaccines show considerable local and general reactogenicity ( erythema, induration, soreness, fever ) and serious adverse reactions occur in about 1 % of recipients.