ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
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.