crepitus
/ˈkrepɪtəs/noun
mass noun
1- Medicine a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone【医】(骨与软骨间或骨与骨头骨折部分间摩擦发生的)捻发音, 咿轧音。
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- the production of crepitations in the lungs; rale(肺部的)捻发音(或咿轧音)的产生; 啰音。
词源
early 19th cent.:from Latin, from crepare 'rattle'.