ageusia

See also: agèusia

English

Alternative forms

• ageustia

Etymology

From a- (negative prefix) + Ancient Greek γεῦσις (geûsis, “taste”) + -ia. See also γεύω (geúō, “to taste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡjuːsi.ə/, /əˈɡjuːzi.ə/, /əˈɡjuːʒ(i.)ə/, /əˈɡjuːʃə/, /eɪ-/
• Rhymes: -uːsiə, -uːziə, -uːʒiə, -uːʒə, -uːʃə

Noun

ageusia (countable and uncountable, plural ageusias)

1. Absence of the sense of taste.
2. Partial or complete loss of the sense of taste.

Coordinate terms

• anosmia
• blindness
• deafness

Related terms

• ageusiac
• ageusic
• dysgeusia
• parageusia

Translations

loss of the sense of taste

• Catalan: agèusia f
• Chinese: 味觉丧失
• Finnish: ageusia (fi), makuaistin menetys
• French: agueusie (fr) f
• Indonesian: ageusia
• Italian: ageusia (it) f
• Japanese: 味覚消失
• Korean: 미각 상실 (migak sangsil)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: ageusia f, ageustia f
• Russian: агевзия (ru) f (agevzija)
• Spanish: ageusia (es) f
• Urdu: بطلان ذوق m (butlān-e-zauq), فقد الذوق m (faqd-ul-zauq)

See also

• bedizen

Anagrams

• Augeias

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aɡeu̯ˈsia/ [a.ɡeu̯ˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧geu‧si‧a

Noun

ageusia (plural ageusia-ageusia)

1. (medicine) ageusia

Further reading

• “ageusia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ageustia

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʒewˈzi.ɐ/ [a.ʒeʊ̯ˈzi.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʒewˈzi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧geu‧si‧a

Noun

ageusia f (uncountable)

1. ageusia (loss of the sense of taste)

Further reading

• “ageusia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ageusia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026