Plural of collyrium; multiple medicinal eye salves or preparations.
Standard English plural of 'collyrium', maintaining the Latin nominative plural form. Used in historical medical texts to refer to various eye treatments.
When Roman physicians wrote about different collyriums, they were creating an early pharmacopeia—cataloging which plants and minerals worked best for different eye conditions!
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