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
Also called: farcin
Word origin
C15: from Old French farcin, from Late Latin farcīminum glanders, from Latin farcīmen a sausage, from farcīre to stuff
farcy in American English
(ˈfɑrsi)
noun
a chronic form of glanders characterized by skin ulcers and swollen lymph vessels
Word origin
ME farsine < OFr farcin < ML farcina (for LL farciminum) < L farcimen, a sausage < farcire, to stuff