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sense of taste

DEFINITIONS OF: sense of taste

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n the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

“his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
Synonyms:
gustation, gustatory modality, taste
Type of:
modality, sense modality, sensory system
a particular sense
exteroception
sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
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