ἀπόσφιγξις
From LSJ
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
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.
