Crepitant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  crepitant \crep"i*tant\ (kr?p"?-tant), a. [See {Crepitate}.]
     Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Crepitant rale} (Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible
        with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease.


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