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Noun: gustation  gú'stey-shun
  1. The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
    "his cold deprived him of his sense of gustation"
    - taste, sense of taste, gustatory modality

Derived forms: gustations

See also: gustatory

Type of: exteroception, modality, sense modality, sensory system

Encyclopedia: Gustation