crepitation

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It was a deeply flavored specimen, but lacked the crepitation of those breaded in sharp shards of panko.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2022

He heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder crepitation as if someone were unwrapping great sheets of cellophane.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

The mucous râle was heard very strong in the upper lobe of the right lung, and some little crepitation at the inferior angle of the scapula on the same side.

From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Makellar, Archibald

The clinical features are pain on movement, tenderness on pressure over the affected tendon, and a sensation of crepitation or friction when the tendon is moved in its sheath.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

But this fusion cannot take place without the ebullition, the crepitation and convulsions, of which chemistry affords visible examples when two hostile elements are sundered that have been joined by its act.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de