crepitation noun3 •The act of crepitating or crackling.When she returned the room was silent again, save for the faint crepitation of his chair and the occasional clink of a bottle. — 1897 •A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. •A crepitant rale. formscrepitations
