crepitation

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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

On firm pressure, fine crepitation may be felt from crushing of the delicate framework of new bone.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

The clinical features are pain on movement, tenderness on pressure over the affected tendon, and a sensation of crepitation or friction when the tendon is moved in its sheath.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis