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Ageusia

Ageusia (ageusia; and - otritsa. Greek geusis – taste) – disturbances of perception of flavoring feelings is frequent +. The ageusia meets three types:

  1. Peripheral character, connected with defeat of the peripheral terminations of gustatory nerves;
  2. Conduction type, connected with disturbances from nervous conductors;
  3. The central ageusia connected with defeat of the flavoring centers.
 
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