Indolent | The Medical Word That Means a Tumor Is Lazy · B2 Upper-Int

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Is it serious? No.

[00:00:02]The tumor is indolent.

[00:00:05]Indolent, so it is lazy?

[00:00:07]Indolent. It means slow-moving and not active. A tumor that does not grow fast is called indolent.

[00:00:14]Similar words are slow, inactive, and sluggish. Use indolent when something moves or grows very slowly over time.

[00:00:21]The doctor said the tumor was indolent and safe to watch. An indolent infection may show no clear signs for months.

[00:00:28]From Latin, in means not, dol means feel pain. No pain, no push to grow. That slow, quiet state is indolent.