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- noun Plural form of
crepitation .
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Examples
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The crackles and crepitations and rales make me sound like the eighth dwarf, Wheezy, and even the dog walk was tiring.
Archive 2010-03-01 Steve Perry 2010
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The crackles and crepitations and rales make me sound like the eighth dwarf, Wheezy, and even the dog walk was tiring.
The Seven Deadly Sins Steve Perry 2010
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But he uses words most often to express the crepitations of his apprehensive susceptibility.
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- Examination: dullness to percussion, diminished vesicular breath sounds, crepitations and sometimes bronchial breath sounds.
Chapter 7 1993
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- Basal crepitations on auscultation of both lung fields.
Chapter 14 1993
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- Acute gangrenous cellulitis: as with suppuration, plus crepitations on palpation.
Chapter 14 1993
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But Endeavour reported no change; its sensors still de - tected nothing but faint thermal crepitations and his own movements.
Rendezvous With Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1973
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But Endeavour reported no change; its sensors still de - tected nothing but faint thermal crepitations and his own movements.
Rendezvous with Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1973
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In a very short time this man could detect the slightest change or irregularity in these crepitations, and through the changes was able to tell with wonderful accuracy about how old a person was, and how near they were to illness, and even death.
Palmistry for All Cheiro
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Experiments were made as to these vibrations, and it was proved that, after a little study, one could distinctly detect and recognise the crepitations _in relation to each individual_.
Palmistry for All Cheiro
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