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a test performed after a meal is called a postprandial test.

origin- prandium= meal (in latin)

example- a postprandial blood sugar test is done to assess Diabetes mellitus to check whether insulin is produced in adequate amount to reduce the blood glucose level after it rises due to meal.

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