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MeSH Heading: Ageusia
Tree Number(s): C10.597.751.861.184; C23.888.592.763.861.184
Unique ID: D000370
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000370
Annotation: do not confuse with DYSGEUSIA, distortion of sense of taste
Scope Note: Complete or severe loss of the subjective sense of taste, frequently accompanied by OLFACTION DISORDERS.
Entry Term(s): Ageusia, Hysterical; Hypogeusia; Loss of Taste; Taste-Blindness
Public MeSH Note: 1991; see TASTE DISORDERS 1975-1990
History Note: 1991(1975)
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Ageusia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025