[ 'krɛpɪtəs ]
■ noun Medicine a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone.
↘the production of rattling sounds in the lungs.
Origin
C19: from L., from crepare 'rattle'.
[ 'krɛpɪtəs ]
■ noun Medicine a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone.
↘the production of rattling sounds in the lungs.
Origin
C19: from L., from crepare 'rattle'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004