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Webster 1913 Edition
Oleic
O′le-ic
(ō-lē′ĭk or ō-lā′ĭk or ō′lē̍-ĭk)
, Adj.
[L.
oleum
oil: cf. F. oléique
.] (Physiol.Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil;
as,
At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14° C. oleic
acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. Webster 1828 Edition
Oleic
O'LEIC
,Adj.