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 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

Differential Diagnosis.—In making examination of these cases, one can exclude fracture by absence of crepitation and usually, also, swelling is absent in radial paralysis.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

There is excessive mobility below the fracture, and well-marked crepitation.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.