[1840–50; ‹ NL, equiv. to a-6 + geus- (var. s. of Gk geúesthai to taste) + -ia-y3]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flan, layout, organizer, plaque, striation
Examples of 'ageusia' in a sentence
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We report here on two patients with an acquired sour ageusia.
Taufiqul Huque, Beverly J Cowart, Luba Dankulich-Nagrudny, Edmund A Pribitkin, DouglasL Bayley, Andrew I Spielman, Roy S Feldman, Scott A Mackler, Joseph G Brand 2009, 'Sour ageusia in two individuals implicates ion channels of the ASIC and PKD familiesin human sour taste perception at the anterior tongue.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2754526?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among the 24 patients with unilateral hypogeusia, eight cases of unilateral ageusia were found on the affected side.
Felippe Felix, Shiro Tomita, Basílio de Bragança Pereira, Jamerson Reis Cordeiro,Guilherme Carleti, Fernando de Souza Barros, Gustavo Augusto Porto Sereno Cabral 2009, 'Gustatory alteration evaluation in patients with chronic otitis media Avaliação dealteração gustatória em pacientes com otite média crônica', Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942009000400014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We present the case of a 63-year-old male patient who suffered bilateral ageusia following a unilateral left-sided mesencephalon infarct.
Christian Saleh, Simona Negoias, Franca Wagner, Marie-Luise Mono 2018, 'Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: ACase Report with a Brief Review of the Literature', Case Reports in Neurologyhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487299. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)