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-uret

-uret suffix: -ide.

Suffix

-uret

  1. (obsolete) -ide.

Origin of -uret

Coined in 1788 by translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John, from Modern Latin -uretum and French -ure.

Questions about -uret

What does -uret mean?
-uret means -ide.
What part of speech is -uret?
-uret is a suffix.

Words near -uret in the dictionary

  1. -ums
  2. -uous
  3. -ure
  4. -ures
  5. -uresis
  6. -uret
  7. -uretic
  8. -urgy
  9. -uria
  10. -ussification
  11. -ussy

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