Plural of collutory; substances or preparations for rinsing or treating the mouth and throat.
English plural form of 'collutory,' from Latin 'colluere' (to rinse, wash) + '-ory' (relating to). The '-ies' ending replaces the Latin '-oria' suffix for English pluralization.
In Renaissance medicine, detailed recipes for 'collutories' filled entire chapters—apothecaries would combine specific herbs and minerals believing they could treat everything from bad breath to syphilis, though most worked mainly through the power of placebo and occasional actual antisepsis.
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