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farcy
[ fahr-see ]
noun
, Veterinary Pathology.
, plural far·cies.
- a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
farcy
/ ˈfɑːsɪ /
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of farcy1
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)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of farcy1
C15: from Old French farcin , from Late Latin farcīminum glanders, from Latin farcīmen a sausage, from farcīre to stuff
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Example Sentences
It is that in cattle which glanders and farcy are in the horse,—the breaking up of the constitution.
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The lymphatics become indurated and nodular, constituting what veterinarians call farcy pipes and farcy buds.
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Farcy, a disease to which horses are subject, still sometimes miscalled Fashions by country farriers.
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Or a nostrum that shall be sure work on a horse with a farcy?
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Farcy is but one stage of this terrible disease, but is not necessarily fatal while in this stage.
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