Bodansky unit

Bodansky unit
Bo·dan·sky unit bə-'dan(t)-skē-, -'dän(t)- n a unit based on the activity of phosphatase toward sodium beta-glycerophosphate that is used as a measure of phosphatase concentration (as in the blood) esp. in the diagnosis of various pathological conditions and that for the blood has a normal value averaging about 7 for children and 4 for adults
Bodansky Aaron (1887-1960)
American biochemist. Bodansky published reports on determining the phosphatase concentration in blood in 1932 and 1933.

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Bo·dan·sky unit (bo-danґske) [Aaron Bodansky, American biochemist, 1887–1961] see under unit.

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