Usually means: Fatty acid found in oils.
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  1. oleic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. oleic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Oleic, oleic: Wordnik
  4. oleic: Wiktionary
  5. oleic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. oleic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. oleic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. oleic: Dictionary.com
  9. Oleic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Oleic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. oleic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Oleic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. oleic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. oleic: FreeDictionary.org
  15. oleic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. oleic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. -oleic: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. oleic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (oleic)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil
▸ adjective:  (chemistry) Of or pertaining to oleic acid or its derivatives

Similar:
oleous, oily, linoleic, olivey, oleaceous, oleogenic, oleolytic, oleophilic, oleopneumatic, palmitoleic, more...

Opposite:
linoleic, stearic, palmitic, arachidonic

Types:
olive, coconut, peanut, corn, soybean, sunflower, safflower, rice bran, canola, more...

Phrases:
oleic acid, oleic acids, high oleic, more...

Adjectives:
high, palmitic, unsaturated, little, free, pure, saturated, present, much, dietary, commercial

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Similar:
oleous, oily, linoleic, olivey, oleaceous, oleogenic, oleolytic, oleophilic, oleopneumatic, palmitoleic, more...

Opposite:
linoleic, stearic, palmitic, arachidonic

Types:
olive, coconut, peanut, corn, soybean, sunflower, safflower, rice bran, canola, more...

Phrases:
oleic acid, oleic acids, high oleic, more...

Adjectives:
high, palmitic, unsaturated, little, free, pure, saturated, present, much, dietary, commercial



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