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Definition of Gustatory sensation
1. Noun. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus. "The melon had a delicious taste"
Generic synonyms: Aesthesis, Esthesis, Sensation, Sense Datum, Sense Experience, Sense Impression
Specialized synonyms: Flavor, Flavour, Nip, Relish, Sapidity, Savor, Savour, Smack, Tang, Sugariness, Sweet, Sweetness, Sour, Sourness, Tartness, Bitter, Bitterness, Salinity, Salt, Saltiness, Astringence, Astringency, Finish, Flatness, Mellowness
Derivative terms: Taste, Taste, Taste, Taste
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gustatory Sensation
Literary usage of Gustatory sensation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Psychology: A Manual of Laboratory Practice by Edward Bradford Titchener, ( (1901)
"gustatory sensation.—There is a fairly close analogy between the skin and the
tongue. Both organs have to be explored, point by point, for the determination ..."
2. A Text-book of psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"... it pricks or gives a sharp burn. Bitter suggests something fatty ; at high
intensities it may burn. § 35. gustatory sensation and Gustatory Stimulus ..."
3. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"Characters of gustatory sensation. — Taste sensations are often mistaken for
odors, and this confusion has led to the prevalent belief that taste affords a ..."
4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"Nor can we distinguish a pure gustatory sensation developed on one side only from
one developed on both sides, if the two are equally intense. ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1877)
"He found, like others, that the intensity of the gustatory sensation was greatest
at the margin of the tongue, in the palato-glossal arch, ..."
6. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Nor can we distinguish a pure gustatory sensation developed on one side only from
one developed on both sides, if the two are equally intense. ..."
7. The Functions of the brain by David Ferrier (1880)
"... viz., movements of the lips, tongue and cheek pouches, may be taken as reflex
movements consequent on the excitation of gustatory sensation. ..."
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