Definition of Noli-me-tangere
1. Noun. A cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone.
Medical Definition of Noli-me-tangere
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1. Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. See Impatiens. The squirting cucumber. See Cucumber.
2. A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
Origin: L, touch me not.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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