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Webster 1913 Edition
Crepitation
Crepˊi-ta′tion
(kr?pˊ?-t?′sh?n)
, Noun.
[Cf. F. crépitation.]
1.
The act of crepitating or crackling.
2.
(Med.)
(a)
A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
(b)
A crepitant râle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crepitation
CREPITATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of bursting with a frequent repetition of sharp sounds; the noise of some salts in calcination; crackling.2.
The noise of fractured bones, when moved by a surgeon to ascertain a fracture.Definition 2024
crepitation
crepitation
English
Noun
crepitation (plural crepitations)
- The act of crepitating or crackling.
- 1923, George Allan England, The Thing from—"Outside"
- Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.
- 1923, George Allan England, The Thing from—"Outside"
- A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
- A crepitant rale.