A disease affecting horses, characterized by swelling and inflammation of lymphatic vessels; farcy in its early stages.
From Old French 'farcin,' likely from 'farcir' (to stuff), referring to the way the disease causes tissue to become stuffed or swollen. This term is primarily used in veterinary medicine.
Medieval physicians named horse diseases using the same 'stuffing' metaphor—when a horse developed swollen, puffy tissues from lymphatic disease, they called it 'farcin' because the tissue seemed stuffed or filled, showing how observation of symptoms shapes naming.
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