See Also: flexicostate(medicine)

indolence (iou) and flexicostate (medicine)


indolence (iou)



indolence noun. E17.
[French, or Latin indolentia freedom from pain, formed as IN-3 + dolent- pres. ppl stem of dolere suffer or give pain: see -ENCE.]
Insensibility or indifference to pain. E17-E18.
Freedom from pain; a neutral state in which neither pain nor pleasure is felt. M17-M18.
The inclination to avoid exertion or trouble; love of ease, laziness; idleness. E18.
A. Munro Tahiti to her means palm trees..and the sort of..indolence that has never interested her. C. Peters Her indolenceshe habitually stayed in bed all morning.
Also indolency noun E17-M18.

flexicostate (medicine)


flexicostate
<anatomy> Having bent or curved ribs.

Origin: L. Flexus bent + E. Costate.

Source: Websters Dictionary