Glucose Tolerance Test Definition

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A test for evaluating the body's capability to metabolize glucose based upon the ability of the liver to absorb and store excess glucose as glycogen. // A test, especially the oral glucose tolerance test, for evaluating the body's capability to metabolize glucose based on the....
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Glucose Tolerance Test Sentence Examples

  • Reactive hypoglycaemia was ruled out in an oral glucose tolerance test.

  • You will be given a glucose tolerance test at some point in your pregnancy.

  • The American Diabetes Association recommends that a random plasma glucose, fasting plasma glucose, or oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) be used for diagnosis of diabetes.

  • In difficult diagnostic cases, a glucose challenge test called a two-hour oral glucose tolerance test is recommended.

  • The oral glucose tolerance test is done to see how well the body handles a standard amount of glucose.

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