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Labile
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Meaning
Adj
●
Liable to
slip
,
err
,
fall
, or apostatize.
●
Apt or likely to change.
●
In Chemistry:
Kinetically
unstable
;
rapidly
cleaved
(and
possibly
reformed).
●
In 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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Origin
labile
English
labilis
Latin
labi
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Solubilized
Volatile
Dysregulated
Electrophilic
Soluble
Unstable
Excitotoxic
Lipophilic
Malleable
Reactive
Suggestible
Fragile
Bioavailable
Instable
Disordered
Acidic
Recalcitrant
Insoluble
Inert
Oxidized
Stable
Sensitive
Liquid
Alkaline
Intracellular
Adsorbed
Redox
Sulfhydryl
Toxic
Inorganic
Anionic
Dense
Dissolved
Hydrolysable
Inactive
Active
Hygroscopic
Reactivity
Abundant
Hydrophilic
Cationic
Bioactive
Chemically
Dissociated
Carboxylic Acids
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