-uret
a suffix used in chemical terminology, identical in sense with -ide, which has now generally replaced it: carburet (now carbide); phosphuret (now phosphide).
Origin of -uret
From the New Latin word
-urētum, -ōrētum, of uncertain origin
Words nearby -uret
British Dictionary definitions for -uret
-uret
suffix
formerly used to form the names of binary chemical compounds
Word Origin for -uret
from New Latin
-uretum