ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → for extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable (Corpus Hippocraticum, Aphorisms 1.6.2)
exsico exsicare, exsicui, exsictus V TRANS :: cut out/off; remove/make (hole) by cutting; cut, make cut in; castrate
exsĭco: (exĭc-), āre, v. exseco.
exsicō, c. exseco.