Gleet (Noun)
Meaning
A thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with chronic gonorrhea after examining the abnormal gleet discharge.
- After the wound became infected, it began to ooze a thin gleet that needed to be drained and treated.
- The nurse cleaned the wound and applied antibiotic ointment to reduce the gleet and promote healing.
- The chronic infection had caused a persistent gleet that was both painful and uncomfortable for the patient.
- The physician ordered further tests to determine the underlying cause of the abnormal gleet and discharge.