ὀφίασις

εως, ἡ
A. bald place on the head, of serpentine or winding form, Gal. 12.381, 10.1004.
2. a form of leprosy in which the patient sheds his skin like a snake, Ps.-Gal. 14.757.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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