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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--hypogeusia(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年08月13日17:41:43 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
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hypogeusia (hi-puh-GYOO-zee-uh, zhee-uh, -zhuh) noun
Diminished sensation of taste.
[Hypo- + Greek geus(is) taste + -ia.]
"Diminished acuity of taste, hypogeusia, is more common and often occurs
with aging in the absence of a specific pathologic condition."
R. Michael Culpepper, When Bitterness Is Sweet--and Sweetness Is Bitter,
Consultant, Apr 2000.
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