A compound formed from the union of ammonia with another substance, used in historical chemistry terminology.
From ammonia + -uret (a now-archaic chemical suffix meaning 'compound of'); this terminology is largely obsolete, replaced by modern nomenclature like 'amide' or 'amine.'
Chemistry terminology has changed so much that words like 'ammoniuret' sound like forgotten spells—modern chemists would never use this term, showing how scientific language undergoes total revolutions.
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