Meaning of GLEET
| Pronunciation: | | gleet
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| | Definition: | | [n] a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea |
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| | See Also: | | festering, ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gleet\, n. [OE. glette, glet, glat, mucus, pus, filth,
OF. glete.] (Med.)
A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the
urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. --Hoblyn.
\Gleet\, v. i.
1. To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet.
--Wiseman.
2. To flow slowly, as water. --Cheyne.
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| | Related Terms: | | chyle, colostrum, discharge, festering, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, mattering, milk, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, phlegm, purulence, pus, rankling, rheum, running, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine |
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