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ageusia

American  
[uh-gyoo-zee-uh, -zhee-uh, -zhuh] / əˈgyu zi ə, -ʒi ə, -ʒə /
Also ageustia

noun

Pathology.

  1. loss or impairment of the sense of taste.

ageusia British  
/ eɪˈɡjuːsɪə /

noun

  1. pathol lack of the sense of taste

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Other Word Forms

  • ageusic adjective

Etymology

Origin of ageusia

1840–50; < New Latin, equivalent to a- 6 + geus- (variant stem of Greek geúesthai to taste) + -ia -y 3

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