MD Journey » crepitance http://mdjourney.com The Life of an Unconventional Med Student Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:44:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Medical Term: Crepitance http://mdjourney.com/medical-term-crepitance http://mdjourney.com/medical-term-crepitance#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:34:47 +0000 Steve http://premedjourney.com/?p=41

This term makes me cringe. Crepitance means a crackling or grating sound- and it is most often used to refer to bones rubbing against one another.

For whatever reason, the thought of that sound makes me really uncomfortable. I’ve never even heard it before!

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