Usually means: Grating sound or sensation produced.
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  6. Crepitus (mythology), Crepitus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  8. crepitus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  11. crepitus: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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  1. crepitus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  6. crepitus: Medical dictionary
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. Crepitus: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (crepitus)

▸ noun:  (medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

Similar:
crepitance, crepitation, creps, crackliness, crackles, creaking, crunch, crick, rash, rale, more...

Opposite:
silence, stillness, quiet

Types:
rhonchi, wheeze, stridor, snore, rale, more...

Phrases:
bony crepitus, more...

Adjectives:
bony, palpable, fine, joint, soft, subcutaneous, distinct, coarse, slight, patellofemoral, true

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Similar:
crepitance, crepitation, creps, crackliness, crackles, creaking, crunch, crick, rash, rale, more...

Opposite:
silence, stillness, quiet

Types:
rhonchi, wheeze, stridor, snore, rale, more...

Phrases:
bony crepitus, more...

Adjectives:
bony, palpable, fine, joint, soft, subcutaneous, distinct, coarse, slight, patellofemoral, true



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