μοχλεία

μοχλ-εία, ἡ, = sq. 1, Arist. Ph. 259b20, Supp.Epigr. 2.569.19 (Didyma, ii B.C.), Dexipp. Fr. 27J. (written μοχλίαις), Orib. 49.4.72; μ. τῶν ὀδόντων

• extraction of teeth, Gal. 18(2).592; [ὀστῶν] reduction of dislocations, Id. 19.461: metaph., dislodgement of chronic disease, esp. by exercise, μοχλείας δεῖσθαι Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.1.1, Gal. 17(1).839; πρὸς ἀνάμνησιν δέονται τῆς μ. [αἱ ψυχαί] Plu. Fr. 7.19, cf. Olymp. in Grg. p.279 J.

μοχλεία, ἡ, = μόχλευσις, bes. das Einrenken eines Knochens, sp. Medic.