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Webster 1913 Edition


Labile

La′bile

,
Adj.
[L.
labilis
apt to slip, fr.
labi
to slip.]
1.
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
[Obs.]
Cheyne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Labile

LA'BILE

,
Adj.
[Low L. labilis.] Liable to err, fall or apostatize. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


labile

labile

English

Adjective

labile (comparative more labile, superlative most labile)

  1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
  2. Apt or likely to change.
  3. (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
    Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
    Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.
  4. (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

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Danish

Adjective

labile

  1. singular definite of labil
  2. plural indefinite of labil
  3. plural definite of labil

French

Etymology

From Latin lābilis (apt to slip, transient), from lābor, lābī (slip; glide, flow).

Pronunciation

Adjective

labile m, f (plural labiles)

  1. labile

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lābilis (apt to slip, transient), from lābor, lābī (slip; glide, flow).

Adjective

labile m, f (masculine and feminine plural labili)

  1. fleeting, ephemeral

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Latin

Adjective

lābile

  1. nominative neuter singular of lābilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of lābilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of lābilis