affricatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

affrĭcātĭo (adf-), ōnis, f. [affrico],

a rubbing on or against a thing, Cael. Aur. Morb. Acut. praef. n. 131; id. ib. 1, 14, 106.