glucose tolerance test

glucose tolerance test
glucose tolerance test n a test of the body's ability to metabolize glucose that involves the administration of a measured dose of glucose to the fasting stomach and the determination of glucose levels in the blood and urine at measured intervals thereafter and that is used esp. to detect diabetes mellitus

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(GTT) a metabolic test of carbohydrate tolerance, measuring active insulin, a hepatic function based on the power of the normal liver to absorb and store large quantities of glucose, and the effectiveness of intestinal absorption of glucose. The most common method is the oral glucose tolerance test (q.v.).

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