Taste

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 More General Terms 3 Additional Terms 4 References

Introduction

• The sensation produced by a suitable stimulus applied to the taste buds. Perception through the gustatory system.

More General Terms

• sensation (sense, sensory)

Additional Terms

• dysgeusia (taste disorder)
• taste bud; caliculus gustatorius; Schwalbe corpuscle; gustatory bud
• taste receptor
• taste stimulus

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

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