crepitus

English

Borrowed from Latin crepitus.

crepitus (uncountable)

(medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

grating, crackling or popping sounds

Icelandic: (crepitus of the joints; crepitatio articuli) liðmarr n, (crepitus of the joints; crepitatio articuli) liðbrak n, (crepitus of tissue) vefjamarr n, (crepitus of a fracture; crepitus fragminum ossis) beinbrotsbrak n

From crepō (“rattle, creak”).

crepitus m (genitive crepitūs); fourth declension

rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering
Crepitus digitorum.
Snapping of the fingers.

Fourth declension.

crepitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
crepitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
crepitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
crepitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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