Definition of "oleic" []

• Of, relating to, or derived from oil. (adjective)
• Of or relating to oleic acid. (adjective)

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• "Researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg Medical School showed in a series of laboratory experiments on breast-cancer cells that the monounsaturated fat called oleic acid, found in olive oil, dramatically cuts the levels of a cancer-promoting gene called Her-2/neu while boosting the effectiveness of treatment."
• "Soap - a surfactant called oleic acid - might help the growing crystals disperse evenly."
• "Last week we cited the work of ant researcher E.O. Wilson in telling you that dead ants are carried away by their comrades because ants 'corpses emit a chemical called oleic acid."