πρῖςις
εως, ἡ
A.
sawing, Arist. PA 645b17, Thphr. HP 5.5.4, Heliod. ap. Orib. 47.14.3.
2.
in cranial surgery, trephining, Hp. VC 9, 21.
II.
π. ὀδόντων grinding of the teeth, from anger, Plu. 2.458d (pl.); or as an effect of disease, Hp. Prorrh. 1.48.