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prettygoodworddysgeusia (dis-GYOO-zhuh, dis-GYOO-zhee-uh) - n., an impairment of the sense of taste.
Or as some dictionaries put it, a distortion of the sense of taste. Contrast with ageusia, the complete lack of taste, and hypogeusia, a decrease in taste sensitivity. Can be caused by e.g. chemotherapy, and I'm pretty sure the metallic taste that paxlovid causes also counts. Coined from Ancient Greek dys-, bad/abnormal + geûsis, taste.
---L.
Or as some dictionaries put it, a distortion of the sense of taste. Contrast with ageusia, the complete lack of taste, and hypogeusia, a decrease in taste sensitivity. Can be caused by e.g. chemotherapy, and I'm pretty sure the metallic taste that paxlovid causes also counts. Coined from Ancient Greek dys-, bad/abnormal + geûsis, taste.
---L.
