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noli-me-tangere

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Noli-me-tangere \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.

Source : WordNet®

noli-me-tangere
     n : a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
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