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Definition of Gustatory
1. Adjective. Of or relating to gustation.
Partainyms: Taste, Taste, Taste
Derivative terms: Gustation, Gustation
Definition of Gustatory
1. a. Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.
Definition of Gustatory
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to, the sense of taste. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gustatory
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Gustatory
1. Relating to gustation, or taste. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gustatory
Literary usage of Gustatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"He accordingly tied the lingual artery on the side of the disease two days after
he had divided the gustatory nerve. The nicer became paler after the ..."
2. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1896)
"gustatory Organs. Folds and prominences found in the mouth in some divisions of
the Mollusca have been taken for gustatory organs, although there are no ..."
3. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"The deep extremity of each is somewhat expanded and rests upon the corium ; the
free end is perforated by a minute pore, termed the gustatory pore. ..."
4. Lectures on the science of human life by Sylvester Graham (1849)
"Thus the habitual tobacco-eater and spirit-drinker always exceedingly impair
their gustatory powers, so that their gustatory perception and satisfaction ..."
5. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"THE OLFACTORY AND gustatory APPARATUS. The centers considered in the last chapter
have to do with somatic sensory impulses and are all differentiated from ..."
6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1892)
"Within the space bounded by the four gustatory papillae are three ... The dorsum
posterior to the gustatory region is wrinkled, but devoid of papillae. ..."
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