παρακέντησις

παρακέντ-ησις, εως, ἡ, Medic.,

• tapping for dropsy, etc., Gal. 18(1).39, Orib. 44.13.4.
• • • • b couching for cataract, Gal. UP 10.4 (pl.), Simp. in Cat. 401.8.