crepitation

noun

  1. 1

    The act of crepitating or crackling.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    A crepitant rale.

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