Usually means: Unsaturated hydrocarbons with carbon double-bonds.
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  1. olefins: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (olefin)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
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