crepitus

It is, in fact, only when the bone is broken into many pieces that crepitus may be detected, and even then it is slight.

Their manipulation gives to the touch a sickening, grating sound—in other words, we have crepitus.

I have translated almost every word of the Heresiarch dispute, and the soliloquy of the god Crepitus, etc.

As I manipulated the limb to catch the sound of the crepitus the injured man screamed, and he was continually in very severe pain.

The peculiar “muffled” nature of the crepitus is one of the most characteristic signs.