Plural of agria; multiple instances of the skin disease characterized by pustules or sores.
Simply the plural form of agria, maintaining the Greek origin agrios. The -as ending is the standard Greek plural marker.
The plural form reminds us that ancient medical texts often described diseases in their worst cases—multiple agrias could indicate a severe systemic infection, which doctors then couldn't treat with antibiotics like we can today.
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