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.

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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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Other Word Forms

• gleety
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of gleet

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

Example Sentences

If the nasal gleet is the result of a diseased tooth, the latter must be removed.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

In chronic nasal catarrh or so-called gleet, the glands between the jaw bones are very slightly, if at all, enlarged; they are loose, not hard and knotty, as in glanders.

From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

Internally, used for.—Dropsy, suppression of the urine, blood in the urine, gravel, gonorrhea and gleet.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

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 Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

Internally, used for.—Second stage of dysentery, diarrhea in an infusion of milk; in bleedings, sore mouth, leucorrhea, gleet, menorrhagia and excessive mucous discharges, nose-bleed, bleeding from extracted teeth, piles, bleeding after labor, sore throat.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson