CREPITUS
\kɹˈɛpɪtəs], \kɹˈɛpɪtəs], \k_ɹ_ˈɛ_p_ɪ_t_ə_s]\
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By Oddity Software
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Crepitation, Fart- c. Lupi, Lycoperdon.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] Crackling or crepitation; the sound produced by one or more crepitant riles; also the grating sensation, with or without a crackling sound, produced by rubbing two rough surfaces together, as the fragments in a fracture (Bony c.) or the rough masses of exudate in the sheath of a tendon. False c., Joint c., the grating sensation imparted by the roughened or dry synovial surfaces of joints. C. redux, c. due to the reappearance of crepitant riles in the resolving stage of pneumonia.
By Alexander Duane
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Crepitation; a crepitant rale.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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