par ageusia

noun

an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.

Origin:
1895–1900; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to para- para-¹ + Greek geûs(is) taste + Latin -ia -ia

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par·a·geu·sic

[par-uh-gyoo-zik, -sik] , adjective

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parageusia par·a·geu·si·a (pār'ə-gy&oomacr;'zē-ə, -zhə, -j&oomacr;'-)
n.
A disordered or abnormal sense of taste.

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