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GUSTATORY CELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerveplay

Synonyms:

gustatory cell; taste cell

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("gustatory cell" is a kind of...):

epithelial cell (one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium)

Holonyms ("gustatory cell" is a part of...):

gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)

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