\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.