Oleic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or derived from oil.
  • adj. Of or relating to oleic acid.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil
  • adj. Of or pertaining to oleic acid or its derivatives
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14° C.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or derived from oil. Also elaic.
    • Word Usage
    "Researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg Medical School showed in a series of laboratory experiments on breast-cancer cells that the monounsaturated fat called oleic acid, found in olive oil, dramatically cuts the levels of a cancer-promoting gene called Her-2/neu while boosting the effectiveness of treatment."
    Cross Reference
    oleic acid   
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    linoleic    myristic    arachidic    polyunsaturated    safflower    margaric    short-chain    unsaturated    medium-chain    cold-pressed   
     
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