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Crepitation vs Crepitus - What's the difference?

crepitation | crepitus |

As nouns the difference between crepitation and crepitus

is that crepitation is the act of crepitating or crackling while crepitus is grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

crepitation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of crepitating or crackling.
  • * 1923 ,
  • Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.
  • A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
  • A crepitant rale.
  • crepitus

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) Grating]], [[crackle, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
  • crepitation