lupus exedens

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lupus exedens - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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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