Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Bo·dan·sky unit Pronunciation:
b&-'dan(t)-skE-, -'dän(t)- Function:
noun : a unit based on the activity of phosphatasetoward sodium beta-glycerophosphate that is used as a measure of phosphatase concentration (as in the blood) especially in the diagnosis of various pathological conditions and that for the blood has anormal value averaging about 7 for children and 4 for adults
Bodansky, Aaron (1887–1960), American biochemist. Bodansky published reports on determining the phosphataseconcentration in blood in 1932 and 1933.
