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

The crepitation may be soft like the friction of snow, or may resemble the creaking of new leather—“saddle-back creaking.”

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

Recognition of fracture of any other single carpal bone must be done by detecting crepitation unless it be a compound fracture, whereupon probing is of aid in establishing a diagnosis.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

On auscultation, when suppuration is taking place and the lung structure is breaking down, a bubbling or gurgling crepitation, caused by the passage of air through pus, is heard.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry