σχάσις

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], εως, ἡ,

   A slitting of a tree, [τὸ κόμμι] ῥέει καὶ πληγείσης καὶ αὐτόματον ἄνευ σχάσεως (cj. for σχίσεως) Thphr.HP4.2.8.    2 venesection, Aret.CA1.10 (pl.), 2.3.    3 release, letting off, of an engine, Ph.Bel.77.1.