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Synonyms for indolent

resistant to exertion and activity

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Synonyms for indolent

disinclined to work or exertion

(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless

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A new security of tenure bill must also provide security of the employers especially in dealing with "indolent" or incompetent workers, President Duterte proposed Sunday.
Revlimid plus rituximab is claimed to be the US FDA-approved combination treatment regimen for patients with these indolent forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which does not include chemotherapy.
MZL is an indolent form of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (iNHL) and accounts for about 10% of all non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the US.
I would like to give props to Gideon Lasco for how he debunked the myth of the indolent Filipino, particularly his point that indolence among the poor is not the cause of their poverty, but rather the effect of the system that keeps them from escaping such conditions ('The myth of the lazy poor' 3/21/19).
Separate chapters focus on the pathology, clinical presentation, and treatment of aggressive B-cell, indolent B-cell, T-cell and natural killer cell, and Hodgkin lymphomas.
MD LWMC also directed Turk management to ensure all their resources in the field without any delay and Zero tolerance policy should must be observed against indolent employees and against all those who are involved in illegal dumping of waste in the city.
The condition of patients with indolent types of ATL is usually stable; thus, patients with chronic and smoldering ATL are managed with careful monitoring until the disease progresses to the aggressive type, similar to the management of chronic lymphoid leukemia or smoldering myeloma.
"The PSA test, the only test currently available, has a high incidence of false positive and false negative results, and many cancers detected through PSA are indolent and would never cause the patient any harm," Martin Roland, BM, BCh, DM, FRCGP, FRCP, FMedSci, wrote in an accompanying editorial.
Many of these lymphomas have an aggressive clinical course, but others are indolent and may not always require treatment.
I will try harder I will especially remain vigilant so I will not be complacent about the outcome of the elections or be indolent,' he added.
Biotechnology company Genmab A/S (CPH:GEN) reported on Thursday that topline results from the phase III study of Arzerra (ofatumumab) plus bendamustine did not meet the primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (iNHL) who were unresponsive to rituximab or a rituximab-containing regimen, as compared to those given bendamustine alone.
They stressed the indolent attitude of the international community, which did not do enough to stop the suffering of their people and to help those who were forced to seek shelter in the territories of other countries.
THE Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, has harped on the need for the African academia and intelligentsia to be involved in leadership else they continue to allow themselves to be ruled by indolent politicians and self-appointed opinion leaders.