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labile
[ ley-bahyl, -buhl ]
adjective
- apt or likely to change:
the labile nature of language.
- (in chemistry, biology, psychiatry, etc.) able or likely to change or break down easily, rapidly, or continually; unstable:
labile emotions;
labile blood pressure;
cellular functions that seem to require different levels of labile zinc.
labile
/ ˈleɪbɪl; ləˈbɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
- chem (of a compound) prone to chemical change
- liable to change or move
Derived Forms
- lability, noun
Other Words From
- la·bil·i·ty [l, uh, -, bil, -i-tee, ley-], noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of labile1
Example Sentences
“People with a history of trauma and mental illness tend to be emotionally labile,” Kupers added.
On the contrary the labile opsonins of normal serum have a comparatively general action on different organisms.
This is readily intelligible on the supposition that the toxophorous group is more labile than the haptophorous.
The latter is ferment-like and much more labile than the former, being readily destroyed at 60 C.
In both cases an extremely labile connection with consciousness arises which leads to a rapid forgetting.
We are rather like the labile chemical compounds: our molecules readily rearrange themselves.
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