noli-me-tangere Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone

WordNet

No"li-me-tan"ge*re noun
Etymology
L., touch me not.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913