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crepitus (iou)



crepitus noun. E19.
[Latin, from crepare rattle etc.]
Medicine.
A crackling sound or sensation caused by friction between bone and cartilage or between the fractured parts of a bone. Also, crepitation in breathing. E19.
The breaking of wind. rare. E19.
crepitous adjective of the nature of or such as to produce crepitus M19.