1. A discharge from the urethra, especially a chronic or persistent one following an infection.
Usage: medical; dated
2. A thin stream of liquid; a trickle.
Usage: archaic; rare

Examples

• The patient reported a persistent gleet following the infection.
• In older medical texts, gleet was a common diagnosis among those with untreated urethritis.
• The doctor examined the gleet to determine the underlying cause.
• Modern antibiotics have made chronic gleet much less common than in previous centuries.