亚洲网紅露点

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lability

[ luh-bil-i-tee, ley- ]

noun

  1. the fact or quality of being likely to change:

    The lability of the neuromuscular system during physical therapy was measured in muscle force and reaction times.

  2. Chemistry, Biochemistry. the ability or likelihood of a substance or compound to change or break down easily, rapidly, or continually:

    It was found that the degree of lability varies considerably with different amido-aldehydes.

  3. Psychiatry. the unregulated or unstable state of emotions or mood, characterized by exaggerated affective expression:

    They were concerned about his emotional lability, from flaring anger one moment to maudlin sentimentality the next.



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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lability1

First recorded in 1550鈥60 in a different sense; equivalent to Latin 濒腻产颈濒颈(蝉) 鈥渟liding, slipping鈥 ( labile ( def ) ) + -迟腻蝉 -ty 2( def )
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"We show that this sexual parasitism trait is ancestral for all deep-sea anglerfishes and appears to have evolved as a synergistic combination of ancestral lability in the genetic basis of the adaptive immune system and body size dimorphism," Brownstein says, noting that female anglerfishes do not reject males as foreign bodies, allowing fusion.

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Emotional lability is a common symptom of prion disease.

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A play about loss, loneliness and the hope of connection, 鈥淧rimary Trust,鈥 which runs through July 2 at the Roundabout鈥檚 Laura Pels Theater, is also a shrewd and gentle vehicle for Harper鈥檚 particular gifts 鈥 vulnerability, thoughtfulness, emotional lability.

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In his book 鈥淲hy We Sleep,鈥 the neuroscientist Matthew Walker half-jokes that dreams are a time when everyone on Earth becomes 鈥渇lagrantly psychotic,鈥 experiencing hallucinations, delusions, disorientation, emotional lability and amnesia.

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The boredom, frustration, mortification, warmth, impulsiveness, lability, silliness, bewilderment and capacity to forgive.

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