ophiasis

ophiasis [LL < ὀφίασις] , (understood as) snake, serpent. b ’ ophiasis’, illness characterized by balding or shedding of hair. offiasis vel oppiasis est serpens, ut in primo capitulo Alexandri. item offiasis, i. casus capillorum Alph. 127–8.  b Alph. 128 (v. a supra).