Crepitation vs Crepitus - What's the difference?
crepitation | crepitus |
The act of crepitating or crackling.
* 1923 ,
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.
(medicine) Grating]], [[crackle, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
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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)- Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.