- glucose tolerance
- ability of the body to properly metabolize an administered glucose load; see also impaired glucose t., and see glucose tolerance test, under test.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
glucose tolerance
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Impaired glucose tolerance — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|R|73|0|r|70 ICD9 = ICD9|271.3, ICD9|790.22 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D018149 Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is a pre diabetic state … Wikipedia
impaired glucose tolerance — n a condition in which an individual has higher than normal levels of glucose in the blood upon fasting or following a carbohydrate rich meal or ingestion of a glucose test solution but not high enough to be diagnostic of diabetes mellitus * * *… … Medical dictionary
