διασφάξ,άγος,ἡ, (διασφάζω)
A. any opening made by violence, rent,esp.gorge,through which a river runs, Hdt. 2.158 (pl.), 3.117 , etc.;cleftin the earth, Lyc. 317 .
2. Medic., ofdivisionsof blood-vessels, Hp. Loc.Hom. 3 ;fissurein the liver, Herophil. ap. Gal. 2.570 .
3. sluice,
POxy. 1188.24
(i A. D.).
II. gill-cavity,in fishes, Opp. H. 1.744 .
2.
= τὸ θῆλυ μόριον , Eust. 897.60 .