Definitions for labile

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labile la·bile

Spelling: [ley-buh l, -bahyl]

IPA: /ˈleɪ bəl, -baɪl/

Labile is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in labile (abeill).

Definitions for labile

adjective

1. apt or likely to change.
2. Chemistry. (of a compound) capable of changing state or becoming inactive when subjected to heat or radiation.

Origin of labile

1400-50; late Middle English labyl Late Latin lābilis, equivalent to Latin lāb(ī) to slip + -ilis -ile

Examples for labile

On the contrary the labile opsonins of normal serum have a comparatively general action on different organisms.

We are rather like the labile chemical compounds: our molecules readily rearrange themselves.