Bible Dictionaries
Crepitation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of crepitating or crackling.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A crepitant rale.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crepitation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crepitation.html. 1828.