collyrium

American

[kuh-leer-ee-uhm] / kəˈlɪər i əm /

noun

plural

collyria, collyriums

eyewash.

collyrium British

/ kɒˈlɪərɪəm /

noun

a technical name for an eyewash

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Etymology

Origin of collyrium

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kollȳ́rion eye salve

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The date is not given: but the letter is printed between one of August and one of September, 1668. κολλούριον = Collyrium = "eyewash."

From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George

This Collyrium is one of the best Medicines that can be prepar'd for all manner of Diseases of the Eyes.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

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