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   labile

   /ˈleɪbʌɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. liable to change; easily altered: technical "persons whose blood pressure is more labile will carry an enhanced risk of heart attack"
   • ▪ of or characterized by emotions which are easily aroused, freely expressed, and tend to alter quickly and spontaneously: technical "mood seemed generally appropriate, but the patient was often labile"
   • ▪ easily broken down or displaced: technical "the breakage of labile bonds"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘liable to err or sin’): from late Latin labilis, from labi ‘to fall’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lability noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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