gustatory perception

Questions about gustatory perception

What does gustatory perception mean?

gustatory perception means "the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus".

What is another word for gustatory perception?

Close synonyms include taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gustatory perception a common word?

gustatory perception is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.