gleet

[ gleet ]

noun

1. Pathology.
   1. a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
   2. persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
2. Also called nasal gleet. Veterinary Pathology. an inflammation of the nasal passages of a horse, producing a thick discharge.

gleet

/ ɡliːt /

noun

1. inflammation of the urethra with a slight discharge of thin pus and mucus: a stage of chronic gonorrhoea
2. the pus and mucus discharged

Derived Forms

• ˈgleety, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleet¹

1300–50; Middle English glete < Middle French glete, Old French glette < Latin glittus sticky

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleet¹

C14: from Old French glette slime, from Latin glittus sticky

Example Sentences

I saw many cases of Marek’s, a highly contagious disease that had led to partial blindness in many of them; swollen abdomens, some with over a pound of fluid buildup in their less-than-five-pound body; vent gleet, a fungal infection in the opening of a bird’s reproductive and digestive tract; and lice.

From The Guardian

I am beneficial in cases of liver disease, impurities of the blood, flatulence, kidney disease, dyspepsia, brown phlegm, tumours, gout, rheumatism, gleet, and complications arising from these.

From Project Gutenberg

The gonococcus remains virulent for two or three years at the least in a man's chronic gleet, and if he marries he infects his wife.

From Project Gutenberg

Gleet, glēt, n. a glairy discharge from a mucous surface.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

No; the hidden poison runs on for a life time producing strictures, dysuria, gleet and kindred diseases; finally, in old men, a horrible prostatitis results from which the balance of one's life is rendered miserable indeed.

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