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

glucose-6-phosphatase, glucose-6-phosphate, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glucose oxidase method, glucosephosphate isomerase deficiency, glucose tolerance test, glucose transport maximum, glucosidase, glucoside, glucosin, glucosinolate

How to use glucose tolerance test in a sentence

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Apparently, the company “failed to properly test its systems.”
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And what do we really mean when we say “religious tolerance”?
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World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It behaves the same as glucose with all the ordinary tests, and can be distinguished only by polarization.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
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Medical definitions for glucose tolerance test

glucose tolerance test

A test for evaluating the body's capability to metabolize glucose and based upon the ability of the liver to absorb and store excess glucose as glycogen.