cut, before it is ripe, fully purulent
cut an abscess before it is ripe or fully purulent, Paul.Aeg. 6.34:—hence ὠμο-τομητέον, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.677.
The corpus record
ὠμο-τομέω
omotomeo
cut, before it is ripe, fully purulent
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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