A snapping or grating noise and/or sensation in a joint during movement; related to the temporomandibular joint, a crackling sound made when one opens and closes the jaw; the noise made when the ends of fractured bone rub together.
Crackling sound, such as that produced by the grating of ends of a broken bone.
A grating sensation felt between the ends of a broken bone.
An unusual soft crackling sound heard in the lungs through a stethoscope.
Grating sound, as made by the rubbing of the ends of a fractured bone.
A soft fine crackling sound heard in the lungs through the stethoscope. Crepitations are made either by air passages and alveoli (air sacs) opening up during inspiration or by air bubbling through fluid. They are not normally heard in healthy lungs but their interpretation is somewhat controversial.
Certain sounds which occur along with the breath sounds, as heard by auscultation, in various diseases of the lungs. They are signs of the presence of moist exudations in the lungs or in the bronchial tubes, are classified as fine, medium, and coarse crepitations, and resemble the sound made by bursting bubbles of various sizes.
A crackling sound heard in certain diseases, e.g., the crackle heard in pneumonia.
The presence of accumulated fluid within the lungs can produce a distinctive crackling sound, perceptible through a stethoscope.