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Definition of Crepitus
1. n. The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.
Definition of Crepitus
1. Noun. (medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints. ¹
2. Noun. crepitation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crepitus
1. the sound made by a fractured joint [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Crepitus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Crepitus
Literary usage of Crepitus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1899)
"Then there must be an absence of fluid, otherwise sensation of crepitus would be
lost. ... Remembering these possibilities, crepitus may be welcomed in ..."
2. Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick: How to Keep Well and what to Do by William Gordon Stimpson, Milton Hugh Foster (1919)
"crepitus or grating.—This is a peculiar rasping sensation which can sometimes be
detected in fractures when the ends of the bone are slightly moved, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"its natural length, a distinct crepitus being heard at that moment. Upon withdrawing
the extension, the shortening and unnatural contour of the hip returned ..."
4. The Science and Art of Surgery by Edward Carroll Franklin (1873)
"The existence of crepitus, preternatural mobility and facility of reduction, however,
... The existence of crepitus affords one of the most important and ..."
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