| indolent | 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. <medicine> 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) |
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| indolent bubo | An indurated enlargement of an inguinal node. Malignant bubo, the enlarged lymph node associated with bubonic plague. Parotid bubo, a swelling of the parotid gland due to secondary septic infection. Primary bubo, a bubo occurring as the first sign of venereal infection. (05 Mar 2000) |