"True, father, but I thought it would be preferable to the constant crepitation which is apt to attend the combustion of more seasoned ligneous fragments.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference

Press some dry starch powder between the thumb and forefinger, and note the peculiar crepitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Practical Physiology] Reference

Passive movement of the phalanges in all directions is practised in order to produce crepitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

When rotation of the parts does not occasion crepitation, gentle flexion and extension may do so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

In some chronic cases crepitation is discernible by holding the hand on the trochanter while the subject walks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

They are usually sub-periosteal and when the periosteum is left intact or nearly so, no crepitation is discernible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

He took his nose in both hands and twisted it, trying not to feel nauseous at the grinding crepitation of cartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Distant Echo]

However, unless undue swelling exists, the exact location of the crepitation is recognized without serious difficulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

He heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder crepitation as if someone were unwrapping great sheets of cellophane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Flies]

If the parts can be examined before extravasation of blood and swelling mask the condition, crepitation may be detected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

Abnormal mobility of the broken parts of bone and crepitation mark fracture of the metacarpus, and the condition is easily diagnosed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

As a rule, crepitation is to be recognized in fractures of the shaft of the bone, by passively moving the leg to and from the medial plane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

Now and then, in the intervals, a low, quick crepitation reached us, an undertone that no soldier could fail to recognize as distant musketry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

Usually, luxation and fracture may be differentiated in that there is no crepitation in luxation and more or less crepitation exists in fracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

And, naturally, one is not to expect resolution in cases where there exist erosion and ossification of cartilage -- where crepitation is discernible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

In making examination of these cases, one can exclude fracture by absence of crepitation and usually, also, swelling is absent in radial paralysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

The mucous râle was heard very strong in the upper lobe of the right lung, and some little crepitation at the inferior angle of the scapula on the same side.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners] Reference

The heavy brachial fascia materially contributes to the support of the radius, and in cases where swelling is marked, crepitation may not be readily detected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

He spoke of dulness and crepitation, and the effects of the African air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Round the Red Lamp] Reference

The manipulations for the discovery of crepitation always cause much pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

There is excessive mobility below the fracture, and well-marked crepitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

There is abnormal mobility of the bones of the knee, but crepitation is usually absent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

There is one, however, which, in a majority of cases, will not fail -- it is crepitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

There is no crepitation on movement or other signs of involvement of the articular surfaces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

There will also be swelling, with difficulty of locomotion, and crepitation will be easy of detection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

The crepitation ceased, then recommenced, and she perceived that it coincided with the intake of his breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference

When the fracture is complete it will be marked by local deformity, mobility of the fragments, and crepitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

Abnormal mobility and crepitation are difficult of detection, even when present, and they are not always present.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

This is crepitation, or the peculiar effect which is produced by the friction of the fractured surfaces one against another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

She had a feeling of dryness and distension in all her being, and a sort of crepitation in her brain, irritating her to yawning fits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Death of Harriett Frean] Reference

The tale is told, too, of a certain woman who performed an aeolian crepitation at a dinner attended by the witty Monsignieur Dupanloup.    From Wordnik.com.  [1601] Reference

The abnormal mobility and the crepitation, with the pain manifested by the patient when undergoing examination, are concurrent symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference