Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or obtained from the urine of horses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol. Chem.) Obtained from the urine of horses.
- adjective 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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- adjective Of or pertaining to
hippuric acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the herbivora the nitrogenous waste takes the form of another body called hippuric acid.
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan
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Gut flora-derived metabolites such as hippuric acid, trigonelline,
Naturejobs - All Jobs R Calvani 2010
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“The stink of our state judiciary is growing too strongly ammoniac and hippuric for endurance,” wrote George Templeton Strong in his diary.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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“The stink of our state judiciary is growing too strongly ammoniac and hippuric for endurance,” wrote George Templeton Strong in his diary.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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“The stink of our state judiciary is growing too strongly ammoniac and hippuric for endurance,” wrote George Templeton Strong in his diary.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The hippuric acid in cranberry juice also helps prevent bacteria from sticking to the bladder lining mucosa.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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More recently, however, Dr Hampe has carried out experiments with _urea_, _uric acid_, _hippuric acid_, and _glycocoll_.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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Among the special organic constituents of the urine are three substances, urea, uric acid, and hippuric acid, which are of much importance in a manurial point of view.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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This is due to the conversion of urea into carbonate of ammonia; and the same change takes place, though more slowly, with uric and hippuric acids.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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These are chiefly found in the urine, such as _urea_, _uric_ and _hippuric acids_, and _ammonia_ salts.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
Gammerstang commented on the word hippuric
(adjective) - Pertaining to the urine of horses; hippuric acid, an acid obtained from the urine of horses; from Greek hippos horse, and ouron, urine. --Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, c. 1850
February 6, 2018