farcy

American  

[fahr-see] / ˈfɑr si /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

plural

farcies

1. a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.

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farcy British  

/ ˈfɑːsɪ /

noun

1. vet science a form of glanders in which lymph vessels near the skin become thickened, with skin lesions and abscess-forming nodules, caused by a bacterium, Burkholderia mallei

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Etymology

Origin of farcy

1375–1425; late Middle English farsy ( n ) < Anglo-French, Middle French farcin < Late Latin farcīminum glandular disease ( Latin farcī ( re ) to stuff + Late Latin -minum for Latin -men noun suffix)

Example Sentences

In 1682 Sollysel, the stable master of Louis XIV, published an account of glanders and farcy, which he considered closely related to each other, although he did not recognize them as identical.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

By an order in Council animals affected with farcy must be destroyed.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

This affection, called farcin du bœuf by the French, resembles cutaneous glanders or farcy of horses, but is caused by an entirely different organism, the streptothrix of Nocard.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

When greasy heels are complicated by lymphangitis we have a condition very much resembling that of farcy.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

In 1881 Bouchard, of the faculty of medicine in Paris, assisted by Capitan and Charrin, undertook a series of experiments with matter taken from the farcy ulcer of a human being.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.