Parageusia

Parageusia
Parageusia
ICD-10 R43.2
ICD-9 781.1

Parageusia is the medical term for a bad taste in the mouth.

One common form of parageusia is a metallic taste of food. This can be a side effect of several medications, such as acetazolamide, eszopiclone, zopiclone, metronidazole, or etoposide.

See also

Emotional state Behavior Perception/
sensation
disorder
Taste: Ageusia · Hypogeusia · Dysgeusia · Parageusia · Hypergeusia
Hallucination: Auditory hallucination

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  • parageusia — f. patol. Alteración del sentido del gusto. ⊆ Mal sabor continuo. Medical Dictionary. 2011. parageusia alteración del sentido de …   Diccionario médico

  • parageusia — s. f. [Medicina] Perversão do sentido do paladar …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • parageusia —    Also known as paragustia. The term parageu sia comes from the Greek adjective para (beside, near, resembling, accessory to, beyond, apart from, abnormal) and the Latin noun gustum (taste). It refers to the perception of foul or spoiled foods… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • parageusia — parageusic /par euh gyooh zik, sik/, adj. /par euh gyooh zheuh, zhee euh, zee euh/, n. an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste. [1895 1900; < NL, equiv. to para PARA 1 + Gk geûs(is) taste + L ia IA] * * * …   Universalium

  • parageusia — SYN: dysgeusia. [para + G. geusis, taste] * * * (parageusis) n. abnormality of the sense of taste. * * * para·geu·sia (par″ə gooґzhə) [para + Gr. geusis taste + ia] 1. perversion of the sense of taste. 2. a bad taste in the mouth …   Medical dictionary

  • parageusia — pa·ra·geu·sì·a s.f. TS neurol. ogni alterazione del senso del gusto che si manifesta come errata interpretazione gustativa o, anche, come allucinazione, tipica di certi soggetti schizofrenici o isterici {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1835. ETIMO: der.… …   Dizionario italiano

  • parageusia — pl.f. parageusie …   Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

  • parageusia — n. hallucinatory sense of taste (Psychiatry) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • parageusia — parageusis; n. abnormality of the sense of taste …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • parageusia —   n. abnormality in taste sense …   Dictionary of difficult words

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