gleet

gleet  (glt)

n. Archaic

1. Inflammation of the urethra characterized by a mucopurulent discharge.

2. The discharge that is characteristic of this inflammation.

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[Middle English glet, slime, from Old French glette, from Latin glittus, sticky.]

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gleety adj.

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gleet [gliːt]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of the urethra with a slight discharge of thin pus and mucus: a stage of chronic gonorrhoea

2. (Medicine / Pathology) the pus and mucus discharged

[from Old French glette slime, from Latin glittus sticky]

gleety  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gleet - a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea sanies, suppuration, festering, ichor, purulence, pus - a fluid product of inflammation