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taste(dictionary)
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taste(1)(dictionary)
taste corpuscle(medicine)
taste threshold(medicine)

foveola (iou) and organ of taste (medicine)


foveola (iou)



foveola noun. . M19.
[Latin, dim. of FOVEA.]
Anatomy. A small fovea.
foveolate adjective having or distinguished by a foveola or foveolae; pitted: M19.
foveolated adjective = foveolate adjective E19.

organ of taste (medicine)


organ of taste -->
gustatory organ


Located in the papillae of the mucous membrane of the tongue, chiefly in the vallate papillae.

Synonym: organum gustus, organ of taste.