formerly used to form the names of binary chemical compounds
Word origin
from New Latin -uretum
-uret in American English
(juˌrɛt)
-ide
Word origin
< ModL -uretum (replacing earlier -ure)
-uret in American English
suffix
a suffix used in chemical terminology, identical in sense with -ide, which has now generally replaced it carburet (now carbide); phosphuret (now phosphide)