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linoleic acid

linoleic acid

1 5.3
A liquid fat in plant oils that the body needs and that soap makers use
  • noun
  • /lɪˈnoʊliːɪk ˈæsɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ácido linoleico
  • You can find linoleic acid in foods like sunflower oil and soybean oil, which are used in salad dressings.
  • linoleic acid, an omega-6
  • linoleic acid is essential
  • linoleic acid intake

Look, I wouldn't encourage drinking corn oil, but like just because it has high linoleic acid content does not make it a bad food.

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Examples

  • Look, I wouldn't encourage drinking corn oil, but like just because it has high linoleic acid content does not make it a bad food.

    Danny Jones

  • CLA is known as conjugated, conjugated, the linoleic acid, which actually has been shown to help you burn fat and lose weight.

  • Near as I can tell from the sources I checked, bacon fat and pork lard are 6 to 10 percent omega-6 linoleic acid and have no omega-3 ALA, depending on how they're fed.

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  • Many health experts recommend incorporating linoleic acid into your meals for its essential fatty acids.

  • Linoleic acid is an important nutrient found in many vegetable oils, which contributes to a healthy diet.

Synonyms

linolic acid
vslinoleic acid
  • Specialized
6.7

A liquid fat in many plant oils that the body needs and people use to make soaps

is concentrated in plant oils and fats rather than used widely in products

Surface Forms

linoleic acid singular
linoleic acids plural

Morphology

linoleic + acid

The noun 'acid' clearly signals the generic meaning 'a kind of acid', so a learner can infer the phrase denotes an acid, but 'linoleic' is a specialized chemical adjective with no transparent, decomposable meaning for a B1 learner and does not allow them to predict the specific properties (polyunsaturated fatty acid, nutritional role). The form 'X acid' is cross-linguistically common, giving partial predictability, but the lexical content here is technical and unpredictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Linoleic acid may come from old words lino meaning 'flax' and oleic meaning 'oil', because it was first found in flaxseed and other plant oils. That's why the word now names a kind of fat called a fatty acid that is found in plant oils and used in food and soap.