A medicinal preparation made by dissolving medicinal substances in glycerin, used historically and in herbal medicine.
Glycer- + -ite (suffix for mineral or compound names). Developed in 19th-century herbalism and pharmaceutical practice.
Glycerites were the herbal medicine equivalent of modern syrups—herbalists would soak plants in glycerin to extract their healing properties while making them palatable.
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