ˈfärsē noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English farsi, farsin, from Middle French farcin, from Late Latin farcimen, from Latin, sausage, from farcire to stuff — more at farce
1. : glanders ; especially : cutaneous glanders
2. : a chronic ultimately fatal disease of cattle that is caused by an actinomycete ( Nocardia farcinica or Actinomyces farcinicus ), that is marked by indurative lymphadenitis and lymphangitis of the subcutaneous tissues leading to cold abscess formation, and that usually terminates in pulmonary involvement — called also bovine farcy, cattle farcy