Definitions for: Noli-me-tangere

[n] a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone

Webster (1913) Definition: No"li-me-tan"ge*re, n. [L., touch me not.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having
capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their
seeds. -- See Impatiens.
(b) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.

2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of
ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to {Lupus
exedens}, an ulcerative affection of the nose.

See Also: ulcer, ulceration

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