LABILE
\lˈe͡ɪba͡ɪl], \lˈeɪbaɪl], \l_ˈeɪ_b_aɪ_l]\
Definitions of LABILE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
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open to change; liable to change; "an emotionally labile person"
By Princeton University
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(chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
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open to change; liable to change; "an emotionally labile person"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Noah Webster.
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Unsteady, not fixed; noting (1) certain constituents of serum which are readily destroyed by keeping, by subjecting to slight degrees of heat, etc., and (2) an electrode which is kept moving over the surface during the passage of an electric current.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By J.H. Kenneth
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[Latin] Gliding, moving or made to move from place to place; as L. electrodes. L. application, the application of an electric current (L. current) by moving one or both electrodes upon the surface of the body.
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[Latin] Chemically unstable. Hence, Lability, chemical instability.
By Alexander Duane
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
