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Crepitation   Listen
noun
Crepitation  n.  
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.






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"Crepitation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the condition arises as the result of fracture, the ordinary manifestations of such a lesion are absent. By reason of the situation of the parts within the hoof we are unable to detect crepitation, and the resulting lameness is perhaps—in fact, nearly always is—neglected until such time as any heat or swelling caused by the injury has disappeared, in which case we are denied what evidence we might have obtained from that. All that is presented is lameness, and lameness that is ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks

... a few of the many varieties of other kinds of starch granules, as in rice, arrowroot, etc. Press some dry starch powder between the thumb and forefinger, and note the peculiar crepitation. ...
— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell

... Mr Gordon told Owen to open the window for a moment. No sooner was this done than the mischievous whiff of sea-air which entered the room began to trifle and coquet with the pendulous half-sheet pinned in front of the desk, causing thereby an unwonted little pattering crepitation. In alarm, Duncan thoughtlessly pulled out the pin, and immediately the paper floated gracefully over Russell's head, as he sat at the top of the form, and, after one or two gyrations, fluttered down in the centre of ...
— Eric, or Little by Little • Frederic W. Farrar



Words linked to "Crepitation" :   decrepitation, crepitate, crackling, crepitation rale, crackle, noise



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