taste cell

/teɪst sɛl/
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Other forms: taste cells

Definitions of taste cell
  1. noun
    an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
    synonyms: gustatory cell
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    type of:
    epithelial cell
    one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium
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