Usually means: Fatty acid, liquid at room temperature.
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  1. olein: Merriam-Webster
  2. olein: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. olein: Collins English Dictionary
  4. olein: Vocabulary.com
  5. olein: Wordnik
  6. olein: Wiktionary
  7. olein: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. olein: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. olein: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. olein: Dictionary.com
  11. Olein: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Olein: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. olein: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. olein: Rhymezone
  15. Olein: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. olein: FreeDictionary.org
  17. olein: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. olein: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. olein: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. olein: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. olein: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (olein)

▸ noun:  Any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat
▸ noun:  (chemistry) Any glyceride of oleic acid

Similar:
triolein, oleine, Elaine, oleochemical, monoolein, oleate, fixed oil, oleas, monolein, oleicum, more...

Opposite:
stearin, hard fat, animal fat

Types:
canola, soybean, corn, peanut, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, cottonseed, more...

Adjectives:
more, pure, liquid, little, tri, refined, fat, mono, considerable, cocoanut, unsaturated

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Similar:
triolein, oleine, Elaine, oleochemical, monoolein, oleate, fixed oil, oleas, monolein, oleicum, more...

Opposite:
stearin, hard fat, animal fat

Types:
canola, soybean, corn, peanut, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, cottonseed, more...

Adjectives:
more, pure, liquid, little, tri, refined, fat, mono, considerable, cocoanut, unsaturated



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