Usually means: Essential fatty acid, omega-6.
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  1. Linoleic, linoleic: Wordnik
  2. linoleic: Wiktionary
  3. linoleic: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. Linoleic, linoleic: Dictionary.com
  5. Linoleic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Linoleic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. linoleic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Linoleic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. linoleic: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Linoleic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Linoleic: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (linoleic)

adjective:  Of, or derived from linoleum, or linseed oil
adjective:  (chemistry) designating an organic fatty acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as an ester of glycerol in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts; it is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and two double bonds.

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