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clo·a·ci·tis | \ ˌklō-ə-ˈsīt-əs 
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\Medical Definition of cloacitis
: a chronic inflammatory process of the cloaca of the domestic chicken that is of undetermined cause but is apparently transmitted by copulation
— called also vent gleet
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