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crepitus

US // (ˈkrɛpɪtəs) //

皱纹,吱吱声,皱褶,褶皱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
    • : the grating sound of two ends of a broken bone rubbing together

Examples

  • It is, in fact, only when the bone is broken into many pieces that crepitus may be detected, and even then it is slight.

  • Their manipulation gives to the touch a sickening, grating sound—in other words, we have crepitus.

  • I have translated almost every word of the Heresiarch dispute, and the soliloquy of the god Crepitus, etc.

  • As I manipulated the limb to catch the sound of the crepitus the injured man screamed, and he was continually in very severe pain.

  • The peculiar “muffled” nature of the crepitus is one of the most characteristic signs.