crepitant

• The upper lobe was crepitant, though infiltrated with carbon into the interlobular cellular tissue. —  An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
• The middle lobe was crepitant, though soaked with black fluid; several impacted lobules were scattered throughout its substance. —  An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
• The gangrenous process spreads with appalling rapidity, the limb becoming enormously swollen, painful, and crepitant or even tympanitic. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
• Towards morning a coolness like dew fell from above, with here and there a dropping twig or nut, or the crepitant awakening and stretching-out of cramped and weary branches. —  Frontier Stories
• (The planets rush together, uttering crepitant cracks) Rien va plus! —  Ulysses

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