cloacitis

noun

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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cloacal membrane

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