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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?p′?-tant)

Adj.

[See

Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.

Crepitant rale

(Med.)

a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease.

See also: crépitant

crepitant ‎(comparative more crepitant, superlative most crepitant)

crackling; rattling
Pneumonia is often characterized by crepitant rales coming from within the patient's chest

crepitant