supertaster

[ soo-per-tey-ster ]

noun

1. a person with hypergeusia, especially a person who experiences bitter or spicy tastes more intensely than average: Compare nontaster.

   The fact that I find coffee and tonic water unpalatably bitter does make me wonder if I'm a supertaster.

Word History and Origins

Origin of supertaster¹

First recorded in 1990–95; super- ( def ) + taster ( def )

Example Sentences

“I was on fire,” he says, and read everything he could find on the supertaster gene.

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During his residency, he studied the T2R38 gene, otherwise known as the “supertaster” gene because it affects people’s ability to taste.

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A person must inherit the T2R38 gene from both parents to be a supertaster.

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Barham gave them a simple taste test involving strips of flavored paper, and his suspicion proved correct: His sick friend was a nontaster, his wife a supertaster.

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As they put it in their study, it wasn’t clear whether a person’s supertaster status predicted the severity of covid-19 or was a consequence of infection severity.

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