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labile

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈleɪbaɪl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abeillStarts with LEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. liable to change

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Pythagoras [said] that each thing or matter was ever gliding and labile.
  • 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.

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