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GUSTATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouthplay

Example:

his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

Synonyms:

gustation; gustatory modality; sense of taste; taste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("gustation" is a kind of...):

modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)

exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)

Derivation:

gustatorial; gustatory (of or relating to gustation)

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