Usually used to describe a mental helath state
2006-10-19 02:14:20 · 13 answers · asked by Kwaku A 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
From my Mental Health study notes;
Labile in the Mental Health state is;
Some one who has unstable or uncontrolled moods; Often fluctuating moods, behaviours and or emotions.
Oxford Dictionary
LABILE
Liable to change: easily altered
* of or characterised by emotions that are easily aroused or freely expressed, and that tend to alter quickly and spontaniously; emotionally unstable.
* Chemistry easily broken down or displaced
Origin late middle English (in the sense [liable to err or sin]; from late Latin Labilis, from labi 'to fall'.
Merriam - Webster OnLine
"LABILE
Main Entry:la·bile
Pronunciation:'lA-"bI(-&)l, -b&l
Function:adjective
Etymology:French, from Middle French, prone to err, from Late Latin labilis, from Latin labi to slip -- more at SLEEP
1 : readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : UNSTABLE
2 : readily open to change
- la·bil·i·ty /lA-'bi-l&-tE/ noun"
Hope this helps
2006-10-19 03:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by Georgie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Labile Pronunciation
2016-11-14 19:45:46 · answer #2 · answered by eaddie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
la·bile (lā'bīl', -bəl)
adj.
Open to change; adaptable: an emotionally labile person.
Chemistry. Constantly undergoing or likely to undergo change; unstable: a labile compound.
[Middle English labil, forgetful, wandering, from Old French labile, from Late Latin lābilis, apt to slip, from lābī, to slip.]
2006-10-19 02:24:01 · answer #3 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It usually refers to emotions. Someone who is emotionally labile is up and down emotionally, has mood swings from one extreme to the other.
2006-10-19 02:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by the psych 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temperamentally Labile, it usually describes a person's character/temperment...A person changes his/her plan/appointment or actions/work constantly from one to another....cannot stay in one state for long..."easily changed"...opposite of perseverence....
2006-10-19 03:02:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unstable.
2006-10-19 02:16:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unstable, likely to be set off by events or comments that would seem minor to anyone else. Volitile would be another term that would be almost a synonym.
2006-10-19 02:16:17 · answer #7 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Labile
2006-10-19 02:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by nice guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swinging, moving rapidy from one mental state to another.
2006-10-19 02:24:18 · answer #9 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Changeable as in up and down like most of us. It is only a problem chen it becomes acute
2006-10-23 01:25:00 · answer #10 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋