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taste

The sensation produced by a suitable stimulus applied to the taste buds. Taste perception occurs through the gustatory system.

Related

dysgeusia (taste disorder) taste bud; caliculus gustatorius; Schwalbe corpuscle; gustatory bud taste receptor taste stimulus

General

sensation (sense, sensory)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999