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Definition of Indolent

1. Adjective. Disinclined to work or exertion. "The unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

2. Adjective. (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless. "Leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"

Definition of Indolent

1. a. Free from toil, pain, or trouble.

Definition of Indolent

1. Adjective. Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour. ¹

2. Adjective. Inducing laziness (e.g. '''''indolent''' comfort''). ¹

3. Adjective. (medicine) Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.). ¹

4. Adjective. (medicine) Healing slowly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indolent

1. lazy [adj] - See also: lazy

Medical Definition of Indolent

1. 1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. 2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labour and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man. "To waste long nights in indolent repose." (Pope) 3. Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumour. Synonym: Idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish, listless, inactive, inert. See Idle. Origin: Pref. In- not + L. Dolens, -entis, p. Pr. Of dolere to feel pain: cf. F. Indolent. See Dolorous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indolent

indoleacetic indoleacetic acid indoleacetic acid-lysine synthetase indoleacetic acid oxidase indoleacetic acids indoleamine indoleamines indolebutyric acid indoleethylamine N-methyltransferase indolence

indolences indolencies indolency indolenine indolenines indolent (current term) indolent bubo indolently indolepyruvate decarboxylase indolepyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase

indolequinone indolequinones indoles indolic indolic acids indolics indolin indoline indolines indolinone

Literary usage of Indolent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"The lesion was absolutely indolent, and neither itching, nor pain, ... Over the right olecranon process there was an indolent subcutaneous nodule the size ..."

2. A System of Surgery by Benjamin Bell (1801)
"Of Chronic or indolent 'Tumors. § i. General Remarks. THE general character of this ... which have long remained indolent, ..."

3. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"T. • The Spectator has not justly represented here the gods of Epicurus: they were supposed to be indolent and uninterested in the affairs of men, ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... who so accurately guided the steps of their royal pupil, could not infuse into his feeble and indolent character the vigorous and independent principle ..."

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