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-uret
- 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
- 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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