Past tense of crepitate: made a crackling, snapping, or rattling sound.
From Latin 'crepitatus' (past participle of 'crepitare'). The verb form emerged in English medical and scientific literature during the 17th-18th centuries.
When a doctor listens to your lungs with a stethoscope and hears them crepitate, it might mean fluid is present—the sound itself tells a story about what's happening inside your body.
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