Definition of Hipporic
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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