Usually means: Grating sound or sensation produced.
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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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