FARCY Definition & Meaning

farcy

[ fahr-see ]

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noun

Veterinary Pathology.

plural farcies.

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

farcy

/ ˈ��ɑː��ɪ /

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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of farcy¹

1375–1425; late Middle English farsy ( n ) < Anglo-French, Middle French farcin < Late Latin �ڲ��ī��Գܳ� glandular disease ( Latin �ڲ��ī ( re ) to stuff + Late Latin -minum for Latin -men noun suffix)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of farcy¹

C15: from Old French farcin , from Late Latin �ڲ��ī��Գܳ� glanders, from Latin �ڲ��īmen a sausage, from �ڲ��īre to stuff

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Nicolas Farcy, who runs the fund’s Congo portfolio, says fund staffers have never encountered hospital detentions.

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"The student should have exposure to all of the subjects before taking the exam," says Owen Farcy, academic director for the MCAT summer intensive program for Kaplan Test Prep.

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To ready themselves for the exam's length and structure, premeds should use practice questions and practice exams, says Farcy.

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“Estamos viendo muchos casos, y la temporada empezó mucho más temprano que el año anterior”, dijo David Farcy, director de medicina de emergencia del Centro Médico Mount Sinai, en Miami Beach.

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Farcy estima que la sala de emergencia del Mount Sinai está atendiendo diariamente entre 12 y 15 casos de gripe, un aumento sí se piensa que en el 2013 las visitas fueron entre cuatro y cinco al día.

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