labilize

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verb

To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).

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Meanings

verblabilize (third-person singular simple present labilizes, present participle labilizing, simple past and past participle labilized)

present singular third person labilizes · participle present labilizing · participle past labilized · past labilized · alternative labilise

  1. ambitransitivechemistryTo make or become labile (i.e. unstable).

    […] in order to labilize the glycosidic bond.

    1990, Stephen Kuby, A Study of Enzymes, volume 2, →ISBN, page 147
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    L. regards the oxidative processes of the body as taking place not as a result of activated O, but rather by means of "labilized" H atoms of the proteins of the cells so that they react readily with mol. O₂.

    1915, Oscar Loew, Chemical Abstracts, volume 9, number 2, Notes on the mechanism of biological oxidation processes, page 1488

    High trans effect ligands such as H or CO labilize ligands that are trans to themselves.

    2014, Robert H. Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, →ISBN, page 41

Origin

From labile + -ize.

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APA

labilize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labilize

MLA

“labilize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labilize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labilize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labilize.

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