farcy

noun, plural far·cies. Veterinary Pathology.

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

noun plural -cies

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