-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
word origin
from new latin -uretum
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- -uretic
-uretic suff. urine: diuretic.
- -urgy
a combining form occurring in loanwords from greek, where it meant “work” (dramaturgy): on this model, used in the formation of compound words (metallurgy). -urgy combining form indicating technology concerned with a specified material metallurgy word origin from greek -urgia, from ergonwork
- -uria
a combining form with the meanings “presence in the urine” of that specified by the initial element (alb-minuria; pyuria), “condition of the urinary tract,” “tendency to urinate,” as specified (polyuria). -uria combining form indicating a diseased or abnormal condition of the urine dysuria, pyuria derived forms -uric, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek -ouria, from ouron […]
- -uronic
-uronic suff. connected with urine: hyaluronic acid.
- -valent
a combining form with the meanings “having a valence” (quadrivalent), “having h-m-logous chromosomes” (univalent), “having antibodies” (multivalent), of the number specified by the initial element. -valent /ˈveɪlənt/ adjective, combining form (chem) having a specified valency bivalent, trivalent word origin c19: from latin valentia; see valency -valent suff. having a specified valence or valences: polyvalent.