ἀπόσφιγξις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A squeezing tight, Hp.Fract. 11 (pl.), Art.69 (pl.):—in form ἀπό-σφιξις, ligature above a poisonous bite, Philum.Ven.22.4, cf. Leonid. ap. Orib.45.23.78, Antyll.ib.7.9.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 329] ἡ, das Zuschnüren, Einzwängung, Hippocr.