Etymograph

English

indolent lesion of epithelial origin

From indolent + lesion + epithelial.

A compound of indolent + lesion + epithelial

French indolent ‘indolent (all senses)’

English indolent

Latin laedō ‘to strike, collide, hurt’

Latin laesiō ‘hurt, harm, injury’

Old French lesion ‘hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound’

Middle English lesioun ‘physical injuring of the body’

English lesion

The story

Coined in 2015 by the research team of Laura J. Black, Mina Bissell, Howard Parnes, Sudhir Srivastava.

Today it means

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

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / indolent lesion of epithelial origin