σφήνωσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A the use of the wedge, Hp.Fract.31, Orib.49.8.13.    2 closing up, obstruction, τοῦ πνεύματος Plu.2.127d, cf. 654a, Placit.3.15.5; difficult passage, of calculi, Aret.SD2.3(pl.); obstruction, Alex.Aphr. Pr.1.107, cf. Gal.1.284 (pl.); τῶν πόρων Alex.Trall.1.2; [τῆς κεφαλῆς] plugging up, cold in the head, Cass.Pr.25; impaction of foetus, Sor.2.60, Paul.Aeg.3.76.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1050] ἡ, das Spalten oder Befestigen mit einem Keile, auch Einzwängen, Versperren, Hippocr. u. Sp.