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glucose tolerance test
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noun Medicine/Medical.
a diagnostic procedure in which a measured amount of glucose is ingested and blood samples are taken periodically as a means of detecting diabetes mellitus.
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Origin of glucose tolerance test
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby glucose tolerance test
glucoprotein, glucosamine, glucosamine sulphate, glucosan, glucose, glucose tolerance test, glucoside, glucosin, glucosinolate, glucosuria, glucuronic acid
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