περισκυθίζω

A. scalp in Scythian fashion, LXX 2 Ma. 7.4, Phalar. Ep. 147.3 (Pass.).

II. as a surgical operation, Gal. 18(1).790 (Pass.) : —hence περισκυθ‐ισμός, ὁ, Id. 14.784 ; ὁ κατὰ θίξιν π. PMed. in Arch.Pap. 4.270 (iii A. D.) ; cf. περισκυφίζω.

III. sens. obsc., AP 12.95.6 (Mel.).