glucose tolerance test

1. 1.

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

   Broaderdiagnostic test

Questions about glucose tolerance test

What does glucose tolerance test mean?

glucose tolerance test means "test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus".

Is glucose tolerance test a common word?

glucose tolerance test is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.