indolent lesion of epithelial origin

noun

a type of cancerous growth, which is malignant, but spreads slowly, and unlikely to be a serious issue within the lifetime of the victim

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IDLE
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Meanings

nounindolent lesion of epithelial origin (plural indolent lesions of epithelial origin)

plural indolent lesions of epithelial origin

  1. medicinea type of cancerous growth, which is malignant, but spreads slowly, and unlikely to be a serious issue within the lifetime of the victim

    Synonyms: IDLE

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna type of cancerous growth, which is malignant, but spreads slowly, and unlikely to be a serious issue within the lifetime of the victim

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IDLE

Origin

From indolent + lesion + epithelial. Coined in 2015 by the research team of Laura J. Esserman, Ian M. Thompson, Brian Reid, Peter Nelson, David F. Ransohoff, H. Gilbert Welch, Shelley Hwang, Donald A. Berry, Kenneth W. Kinzler, William C. Black, Mina Bissell, Howard Parnes, Sudhir Srivastava.

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APA

indolent lesion of epithelial origin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolent%20lesion%20of%20epithelial%20origin

MLA

“indolent lesion of epithelial origin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolent%20lesion%20of%20epithelial%20origin. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indolent lesion of epithelial origin,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolent%20lesion%20of%20epithelial%20origin.

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