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glucose tolerance test

American

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.

Etymology

Origin of glucose tolerance test

First recorded in 1920–25

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"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 • Jan. 19, 2024

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 • Mar. 7, 2019

After the four nights, they had another glucose tolerance test.

From US News • Jan. 18, 2016

They might give a frail person, or someone at risk, a glucose tolerance test, to be sure that or prediabetes would be detected.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2012

Hypoglycemia is a normal response to the glucose tolerance test.

From Time Magazine Archive

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