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olestra
[ oh-les-truh ]
noun
- 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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