stable

stable definition - medical

sta·ble (stāˈbəl)

adjective
  1. Resistant to change of position or condition.
  2. Not subject to mental illness or irrationality.
  3. Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.
  4. Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

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