Bodansky Unit

**Semantic type:** Quantitative Concept

**Definition:** A measure of alkaline phosphatase concentration in blood. It is defined as the quantity of alkaline phosphatase that releases 1 mg of phosphate ion during the first hour of incubation with a buffered substrate containing sodium beta-glycerophosphate.

**Synonyms:** - Bodansky - Bodansky unit - Bodansky unit - [bdsk'U] - [bdsk'U] - [bdsk'U] - bdsk'U