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olestra

[ oh-les-truh ]

noun

  1. a synthetic oil used as a substitute for dietary fat: not digested or absorbed by the human body.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of olestra1

1990–95; ol- (< Latin oleum oil) + -estra, alteration of (poly)ester

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