n :  a unit that is 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 about 4 for adults .
 
   
 
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