crepitus
Britishnoun
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a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
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the grating sound of two ends of a broken bone rubbing together
Etymology
Origin of crepitus
C19: from Latin, from crepāre to crack, creak
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For much of the past century, comedic crepitus was smelt, not dealt.
From Newsweek
Displacement and crepitus are prevented by the splinting action of the ligaments.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
They consider the crepitus ventris as a good omen, sneezing as a bad omen.”
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston
There is usually some effusion into the sheaths of the tendons passing over the joint, and in some cases on moving the fingers a peculiar creaking, which may simulate crepitus, can be elicited.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Local pressure also may make the fibula yield and may elicit crepitus.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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