Complete Definition of "labile"

English

Adjective
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  1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
  2. Apt or likely to change.
  3. context|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.

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