Definition of Gustative

1. Adjective. Of or relating to gustation.

Exact synonyms: Gustatorial, Gustatory
Partainyms: Taste, Taste, Taste
Derivative terms: Gustation, Gustation

Definition of Gustative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gustative

gussied
gussied up
gussies
gussies up
gussy
gussy up
gussying
gussying up
gust
gustable
gustables
gustard
gustards
gustation
gustations
gustative (current term)
gustatorial
gustatorily
gustatory
gustatory-sudorific reflex
gustatory anaesthesia
gustatory bud
gustatory cell
gustatory cells
gustatory hallucination
gustatory hyperesthesia
gustatory lemniscus
gustatory modality
gustatory nucleus
gustatory organ

Literary usage of Gustative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Psychology of the Emotions by Théodule Ribot (1903)
"... this subject—Inquiry into this question, and method followed —Emotional and gustative images—Internal sensations (hunger, thirst, fatigue, disgust, etc. ..."

2. Human physiology, statical and dynamical, or, The conditions and course of by John William Draper (1878)
"Tactile and gustative Regioni of the Tongue.—Complementary Tastes.—Subjective Tastet. THOUGH the function is participated in by other portions of the oral ..."

3. Principles of human physiology by William Benjamin Carpenter (1876)
"formerly adduced (§ 493), that there is no special nerve of Taste; for the gustative impressions upon the front of the tongue are conveyed by the Lingual ..."

4. Human Physiology, Statical and Dynamical, Or, The Conditions and Course of by John William Draper (1865)
"CHAPTER XXIV. OF TASTE. 1 Various effects Conditions for Taste.—Structure and Functions of the Tongue.— Tactile and gustative Regions of the ..."

5. Principles of human physiology: With Their Chief Applications to Psychology by William Benjamin Carpenter (1855)
"Moreover, the papillary apparatus, through which the gustative impression* ... For the gustative nerve-fibres to be impressed by the distinctive properties ..."

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