parageusia
parageusia (par-uh-GYOO-zhuh, par-uh-GYOO-zee-uh) - n., an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
A leftover p-word. A common form is finding food tastes metallic, which can be a side-effect of some medications. Coined in the 1890s from Greek para-, orig. to one side, in the sense of being abnormal + Greek geûsis, taste + Latin -ia, a nominalizing suffix.
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A leftover p-word. A common form is finding food tastes metallic, which can be a side-effect of some medications. Coined in the 1890s from Greek para-, orig. to one side, in the sense of being abnormal + Greek geûsis, taste + Latin -ia, a nominalizing suffix.
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