glucose tolerance test

American  

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of glucose tolerance test

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Researchers collected blood samples during four clinic visits and performed oral glucose tolerance tests to assess glucose and fat metabolism.

From Science Daily

This is similar to the glucose tolerance test used to diagnose diabetes and is commonly given to pregnant women to screen for gestational diabetes.

From Science Daily

"In all three groups, we found that the calculated SPINA-DI correlated with relevant indicators of metabolic function, such as the response to an oral glucose tolerance test," outlines Johannes Dietrich.

From Science Daily

He also changed the results on glucose tolerance tests from high to satisfactory after speaking with patients.

From Washington Post

The study's patients were selected on the basis of a glucose tolerance test, now rarely used, whose results are inconsistent with those of today's more common A1c.

From Science Magazine