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    GUSTATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouthplay

    Example:

    his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

    Synonyms:

    gustation; gustatory modality; sense of taste; taste

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("gustation" is a kind of...):

    modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)

    exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)

    Derivation:

    gustatorial; gustatory (of or relating to gustation)

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