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Meaning of NOLI-ME-TANGERE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
 
 See Also: ulcer, ulceration

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.
 

 

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