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gleet

American  
[gleet] / glit /

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 British  
/ 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

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Origin of gleet

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

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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