gustatory modality

gustatory modality
noun
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
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his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

Syn: ↑taste, ↑gustation, ↑sense of taste
Derivationally related forms: ↑gustatory (for: ↑gustation), ↑gustatorial (for: ↑gustation), ↑tasty (for: ↑taste), ↑taste (for: ↑taste)
Hypernyms: ↑modality, ↑sense modality, ↑sensory system, ↑exteroception

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