glucose tolerance test

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glucose tolerance test¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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

The 609 overweight or obese people in the study had a blood test to determine their gene type and a glucose tolerance test to see whether they were resistant to insulin.

From Washington Post