Comments on: Medical Term: Crepitance http://premedjourney.com/medical-term-crepitance Thriving As A Pre Med Student Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:18:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Martha J. Seaver http://premedjourney.com/medical-term-crepitance/comment-page-1#comment-108 Martha J. Seaver Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:46:30 +0000 http://premedjourney.com/?p=41#comment-108 Regarding whomever was grossed out by the term “CREPITANCE,” stating they had not heard of it before. It does not exist. The correct medical term is crepitus, meaning a noisy discharge, or crepitation, meaning Crackling; the quality of a fine bubbling sound (rale) that resembles noise heard on rubbing hair between the fingers. 2. The sensation felt on placing the hand over the seat of a fracture when the broken ends of the bone are moved, or over tissue, in which gas gangrene is present. Syn: bony crepitus. 3. Noise or vibration produced by rubbing bone or irregular degenerated cartilage surfaces together as in arthritis and other conditions. Syn: crepitus(1). [see crepitus] Physicians and other dictators incorrectly dictate crepitance instead of the two above-listed correct medical terms, and they have gotten away with it because the transcripionists are trained to TYPE WHAT IS DICTATED (even when they know the correct term) Regarding whomever was grossed out by the term “CREPITANCE,” stating they had not heard of it before. It does not exist. The correct medical term is crepitus, meaning a noisy discharge, or crepitation, meaning Crackling; the quality of a fine bubbling sound (rale) that resembles noise heard on rubbing hair between the fingers.
2. The sensation felt on placing the hand over the seat of a fracture when the broken ends of the bone are moved, or over tissue, in which gas gangrene is present. Syn: bony crepitus.
3. Noise or vibration produced by rubbing bone or irregular degenerated cartilage surfaces together as in arthritis and other conditions.
Syn: crepitus(1). [see crepitus]

Physicians and other dictators incorrectly dictate crepitance instead of the two above-listed correct medical terms, and they have gotten away with it because the transcripionists are trained to TYPE WHAT IS DICTATED (even when they know the correct term)

]]> By: EE http://premedjourney.com/medical-term-crepitance/comment-page-1#comment-10 EE Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:07:11 +0000 http://premedjourney.com/?p=41#comment-10 HAHA, it is gross. HAHA, it is gross.

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