Tuesday word: Indolent

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Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2024

Indolent (adjective)
in·do·lent [in-dl-uhnt]

adjective
1. having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person.
2. Pathology. causing little or no pain; inactive or relatively benign: an indolent ulcer that is not painful and is slow to heal.

Other Words From
in do·lent·ly adverb

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Synonyms
1. slow, inactive, sluggish, torpid.

Synonym Study
See idle.

Origin: First recorded in 1655–65; from Latin indolent- (stem of indolens ), equivalent to in- in- + dolent- (stem of dolens ), present participle of dolere “to be painful, be in pain”; dole, -ent

Example Sentences
It also sheds light on which patterns are linked to more indolent forms of the disease, where intervening with invasive surgery or toxic radiation or chemotherapy might do more harm than good.
From Time

Rather, there are indolent cancers, similar to those in the prostate, that grow more slowly, or hardly at all.
From Time

I mean, who else could possibly be as indolent as a teachers' union member?
From The Daily Beast

This kind of cancer can be so indolent that patients often die with it than from it.
From The Daily Beast

In part, that is because neuroendocrine cancers tend to be quite slow growing, or indolent.
From The Daily Beast