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-uret

  1. a suffix used in chemical terminology, identical in sense with -ide, which has now generally replaced it: carburet (now carbide ); phosphuret (now phosphide ).

-uret

suffix

  1. formerly used to form the names of binary chemical compounds

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -uret1

From the New Latin word -urētum, -ōrētum, of uncertain origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -uret1

from New Latin -uretum

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Example Sentences

Cyan′otype, a photograph on paper sensitised by a cyanide; Cyan′uret, a cyanide.

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