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collyrium

 [kŏ-lir´e-um] (pl. colly´ria) (L.)
a lotion for the eyes; an eye wash.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Collyria (popular solid ointment preparations with attached stamps, indicating the content and origin) were often centrally prepared and then circulated by circuitores (travelling doctors).
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