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Abstract
A condition characterized by alterations of the sense of taste which may range from mild to severe, including gross distortions of taste quality.
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- Taste, Distorted
- Distorted Taste
- Dysgeusias
- Parageusia
- Taste, Altered
- Altered Taste
- Parageusias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with AGEUSIA, loss of sense of taste
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History Note
1991(1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dysgeusia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004408. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004408
- Dysgeusia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgeusia
- Dysgeusia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6402731