labile

Open to change; readily changeable or unstable.

Fluctuating widely.

Decomposing readily.

In medicine, noting a mode of application of electricity in which the active electrode is passed back and forth over the nerve or muscle to be acted upon: opposed in this sense to slabile.

Unstable; liable to err, fall, or apostatize.

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

Liable or likely to change.

Easily decomposed or inactivated when subjected to heat, radiation, or mildly acidic or alkaline conditions; — of chemical compounds.

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

Apt or likely to change.