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OLIVE OIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oil from olives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("olive oil" is a kind of...):
oil; vegetable oil (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)
Meronyms (substance of "olive oil"):
oleic acid (a colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils)
Holonyms ("olive oil" is a substance of...):
olive (small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil)
Context examples:
The olive oil was given to the mice when they were only six months old and before any symptoms of Alzheimer’s set in.
(Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s, VOA News)
Major components of the phenolic fraction of olive oil, lignans and pinoresinols are potent antioxidants present in extra virgin (first pressed) oils.
(Olive Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
Mean levels of oleic acid, the constituent of olive oil, remained stable in both treatment groups.
(Omega-3s from fish oil supplements no better than placebo for dry eye, National Institutes of Health)
Three dietary fats (virgin olive oil, sunflower oil and fish oils) were studied and virgin olive oil was shown to the best of the three for preserving the liver throughout life.
(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)
In addition to olive oil and soya oil, this lipid emulsion contains egg lecithin and provides phosphorus and choline, which are needed to maintain cell membrane integrity.
(Olive Oil/Soya Oil/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
A capsule containing an extract of olive oil, rich in polyphenols, and curcumin, the polyphenol derived from the plant Curcuma longa, also known as turmeric, with potential anti-neoplastic, -angiogenic, -inflammatory, -oxidant and chemopreventive activities.
(Olive Oil Extract/Curcumin-based Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)
“We want to know whether olive oil added at a later time point in the diet can stop or reverse the disease.”
(Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s, VOA News)
The olive oil/soya oil/egg lecithin emulsion provides about 15% of saturated fatty acids (SFA), 65% of mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and 20% of essential poly-unsaturated fatty acids (EPUFA).
(Olive Oil/Soya Oil/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
The mice were put into two groups, one group got a diet enriched with extra-virgin olive oil, while the other group received a normal diet.
(Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s, VOA News)
The integrity of the connections between neurons, known as synapses, were preserved in animals on the extra-virgin olive oil diet.
(Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s, VOA News)
