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-uret

American  

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

-uret British  

suffix

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

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Etymology

Origin of -uret

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

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