crepitation

Example Sentences

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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

His rough, spatulate thumb rasped along it, drawing from it the crepitation that proves an acute edge.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

There is abnormal mobility of the bones of the knee, but crepitation is usually absent.

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

The extremities are hot and cold alternately; the crepitation which was present in the first stage is now absent, and no sound on auscultation is heard, unless it is a slight wheezing or whistling noise.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry