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NOLI-ME-TANGERE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does noli-me-tangere mean?
• NOLI-ME-TANGERE (noun)
The noun NOLI-ME-TANGERE has 1 sense:
1. a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
Familiarity information: NOLI-ME-TANGERE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("noli-me-tangere" is a kind of...):
ulcer; ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)
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