OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 13544

labile

/ˈleɪbaɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lábil
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
lábil
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.