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|Definition= εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[the use of the wedge]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Orib.49.8.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[closing up]], [[obstruction]], τοῦ πνεύματος Plu.2.127d, cf. 654a, <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.15.5; [[difficult passage]], of calculi, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.3</span>(pl.); [[obstruction]], <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr. <span class="title">Pr.</span>1.107</span>, cf. Gal.1.284 (pl.); τῶν πόρων <span class="bibl">Alex.Trall.1.2</span>; [<b class="b3">τῆς κεφαλῆς</b>] [[plugging up]], [[cold]] in the head, <span class="bibl">Cass.<span class="title">Pr.</span>25</span>; [[impaction]] of [[foetus]], <span class="bibl">Sor.2.60</span>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.3.76</span>.</span>