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glucose tolerance test
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of glucose tolerance test1
First recorded in 1920–25
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