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Definition of Crepitant
1. a. Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.
Definition of Crepitant
1. Adjective. crackling; rattling ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crepitant
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Crepitant
1. 1. Relating to or characterised by crepitation. 2. Denoting a fine bubbling noise (rale) produced by air entering fluid in lung tissue; heard in pneumonia and in certain other conditions. 3. The sensation imparted to the palpating finger by gas or air in the subcutaneous tissues. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crepitant
Literary usage of Crepitant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Physical Exploration of the Chest, and the by Austin Flint (1866)
"already stated, it bears a resemblance to the sub-crepitant rale. ... The peculiar
traits by which the crepitant rale is characterized may be best exhibited ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1869)
"[Laennec attributed the moist crepitant rale to the bubbling of liquid in the
air-cells, the bubbles seeming to be extremely small. ..."
3. Auscultation and Percussion: Together with Other Methods of Physical by Samuel Jones Gee (1908)
"I. crepitant RALE.—A rale which has been well compared to the sound produced by
rubbing a lock of the hair between the fingers close to the ear.2 ..."
4. Buffalo Medical Journal (1870)
"This illustrated the true theory of the crepitant rale, ... The crepitant rale
is caused by the separation of the walls of the air-vesicles and bronchioles, ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1891)
"According to this view, which Dr. Cammann devotes considerable space and ingenious
argument to prove, the crepitant rale is indicative not of pneumonia but ..."
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