crepitus

• As the disease progresses joint motion become diminshed, flexion contracture occur, tenderness and crepitus or grating sensation appear. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• Do not go hunting for symptoms of fracture (such as the false point of motion or the sound "crepitus") just to be sure 3. —  Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
• On the following morning I had the arm frequently fomented: a very indistinct crepitus could be perceived at the point of the humerus: I applied another plaster higher up, and including the elbow. —  The Dog
• No crepitus was now to be perceived I saw no more of our patient for four days, when I found that he had fallen, and that the elbow on the other side was fractured within the capsular ligament. —  The Dog
• A very distinct crepitus could be felt, and the dog cried sadly when the joint was moved. —  The Dog

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