(chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
<adj.all>
liable to change
<adj.all> an emotionally labile person
Labile \La"bile\, a. [L. labilis apt to slip, fr. labi to slip.] 1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.] --Cheyne.
2. Liable or likely to change. [PJC]
3. (Chem.) Easily decomposed or inactivated when subjected to heat, radiation, or mildly acidic or alkaline conditions; -- of chemical compounds; as, enzymes from thermophilic organisms are not as labile as those from mesophiles. [PJC]