impaired glucose tolerance
- impaired glucose tolerance
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
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(IGT) a term denoting values of fasting plasma glucose or results of an oral glucose tolerance test that are abnormal but not high enough to be diagnostic of diabetes mellitus. Formerly called chemical, latent, preclinical, or subclinical diabetes.
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