Medical Dictionary

hippuran

noun hip·pu·ran \ˈhip-y-ˌran\

Medical Definition of HIPPURAN

:  a white crystalline iodine-containing powder C9H7INNaO3·2H2O used as a radiopaque agent in urography of the kidney—called also iodohippurate sodium, sodium iodohippurate

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