farcy

American  

[fahr-see] / ˈfɑr si /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

farcies plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• farcies
  plural

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

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farcy farcies

Chronic Glanders.—In the horse the chronic form of glanders is known as farcy, and follows infection through an abrasion of the skin, involving chiefly the superficial lymph vessels and glands.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

In acute cutaneous glanders or farcy, premonitory symptoms resemble those of ordinary acute glanders, which indeed is usually present as well, and always supervenes before farcy terminates in death.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

These nodes, which are known as farcy "buds" and farcy "buttons," are from the size of a bullet to the size of a walnut.

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

Symptoms.—In farcy the symptoms commence by formation of little nodes on the under surface of the skin, which rapidly infringe on the tissues of the skin itself.

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

She insisted upon drinking Veuve Clicquot every day for dinner, and upon ordering large quantities of olives farcies and pâté de foie gras, to which delicacies she was inordinately attached.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

Then comes 'poisson'—I fear it may be whiting—filet de boeuf with tomates farcies, bouchées à la Reine, chicken, pigeons, salad, two vegetables, an ice, assorted fruits, and biscuits.

From A Chair on the Boulevard by Merrick, Leonard

There's for your truffes farcies; there's for your gelinottes, and your 'chateaux' at fifteen shillings a glass!

From The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by Verrall, A. W. (Arthur Woollgar)