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-geusia

The sense of taste.

Greek geusis, taste.

Examples include dysgeusia (Greek dus‑, bad or difficult), an impairment of the sense of taste; ageusia (Greek a‑, not or without), inability to taste things; and hypogeusia (Greek hupo, under), a diminished acuteness in that sense.

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