Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hippuric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hippuric \Hip*pu"ric\, a. [Gr. "i`ppos horse + o"y`ron urine:
cf. F. hippurique.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid.
{Hippuric acid}, a white crystalline substance, containing
nitrogen, present in the urine of herbivorous animals, and
in small quantity in human urine. By the action of acids,
it is decomposed into benzoic acid and glycocoll.
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