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gleet

 (glēt)
n. Archaic
1. Inflammation of the urethra characterized by a mucopurulent discharge.
2. The discharge that is characteristic of this inflammation.

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

gleet′y adj.
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