GUSTATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 9

n. Gu3st-a's hu3n. Lat., gustatio (from gustare, to taste). Fr., g. Ger., Schmecken. The act or the faculty of tasting. GUSTATIVE, GUSTATORY, adj's. Gu3st'a2t-i2v, -o-ri2. Lat., gust at or i us, gustativus. Fr., gustattf. Ger., Schmeck-. Pertaining to the sense of taste. [L, 41.] [s. 255]