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What does labile mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word labile? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
  2. Apt or likely to change.
  3. (chemistry) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
  4. (linguistics) 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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Initial examination showed labile hypertension and epigastric tenderness, but the patient soon became pale, diaphoretic, and dyspneic.
It is conceivable that the channel is not a rigid conduit but is subject to motions that form pockets separated by labile constrictions.
The chemical exchange of labile deuterons was measured as described previously, using an inversion-transfer technique.
Only emotionally labile noncompliance was a significant predictor of peer rejection.
A new class of thermally labile compounds having rust inhibiting properties is disclosed and claimed.
However, water stress interacting with CO2 enhanced the shift of the carbon from the labile pool to recalcitrant pool.

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