oleate

noun

An ester or a salt of oleic acid.

noun

In medicine, a salve prepared by triturating a metal oxid or an alkaloid with oleic acid, which is generally used in excess. It is a solution of the salt in the excess of acid.

noun

A salt of oleic acid.

noun

A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.

noun

any salt or ester of oleic acid