GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glucose tolerance test mean? 

• GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (noun)
  The noun GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST has 1 sense:

1. test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus

  Familiarity information: GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("glucose tolerance test" is a kind of...):

diagnostic assay; diagnostic test (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)

 Context examples 

Diagnosis from abnormal oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and abnormal fasting or post-prandial glucose levels.

(Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, A2, NCI Thesaurus)

There was no difference between the two groups in insulin resistance determined by one measure of insulin use (the frequently sampled, insulin-modified intravenous glucose tolerance test).

(Gout treatment may help prevent obesity-related type 2 diabetes, National Institutes of Health)

A glucose tolerance test which is comprised of administering glucose and taking multiple timed blood samples which are then tested for glucose.

(Defined Criterion Group Composition Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Another example is a glucose tolerance test which is comprised of administering glucose and taking multiple timed blood samples which are then tested for glucose.

(Defined Composition Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A condition referring to fasting plasma glucose levels being less than 140 mg per deciliter while the plasma glucose levels after a glucose tolerance test being more than 200 mg per deciliter at 30, 60, or 90 minutes.

(Glucose Intolerance, NCI Thesaurus)

Diagnosis from abnormal oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) but normal glucose levels when fasting and two hours post-prandial.

(Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, A1, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathological state in which the fasting plasma glucose level is less than 140 mg per deciliter and the 30-, 60-, or 90-minute plasma glucose concentration following a glucose tolerance test exceeds 200 mg per deciliter.

(Glucose Intolerance, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)