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ageusia

/əˈɡjuːsi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ageu-sia
IPA
/əˈɡjuːsi.ə/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Absence of the sense of taste.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Partial or complete loss of the sense of taste.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From a- (negative prefix) + Ancient Greek γεῦσις (geûsis, “taste”) + -ia. See also γεύω (geúō, “to taste”).

Origin

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Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

ageusias (plural) ageustia (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ageusiac ageusic dysgeusia parageusia bedizen anosmia blindness deafness

Rhymes With

brucia dysgeusia

Questions

How do you pronounce ageusia?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɡjuːsi.ə/.
What does ageusia mean?
Absence of the sense of taste.
Where does ageusia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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