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Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Sensation Disorders > Taste Disorders > Ageusia

Preferred term

Ageusia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Loss of Taste
  • Taste Loss

Note

  • do not confuse with DYSGEUSIA, distortion of sense of taste

Scope note

  • Complete or severe loss of the subjective sense of taste, frequently accompanied by OLFACTION DISORDERS.

History note

  • 1991(1975)

In other languages

  • ageusia

    Finnish

  • anaesthesia gustatoria
  • maistamiskyvyttömyys
  • makuaistin puute
  • Ageusi

    Swedish

  • Hypogeusi
  • Smakblind

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000370

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