προκατάστασις
From LSJ
ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → for extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable (Corpus Hippocraticum, Aphorisms 1.6.2)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A introduction, D.H.Rh.7.4; ἡ π. τῆς διηγήσεως, = προδιήγησις, Hermog.Inv.2.1, cf. 1.4.