Crepitation
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Crepitation refers to situations where noises are produced by the rubbing of parts one against the other, as in:
- CrepitusCrepitusCrepitus is a medical term to describe the grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.-Causes:...
, a crunching sensation felt in certain medical problems - RalesRalesCrackles, crepitations, or rales are the clicking, rattling, or crackling noises that may be made by one or both lungs of a human with a respiratory disease during inhalation. They are often heard only with a stethoscope...
, abnormal sounds heard over the lungs with a stethoscope - A mechanism of sound production in grasshopperGrasshopperThe grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish it from bush crickets or katydids, it is sometimes referred to as the short-horned grasshopper...
s during flight. Also called "wing snapping".