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- noun physiology Any
sensation produced when achemical compound activates a particularreceptor
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Examples
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Munger told me that Paxlovid Mouth might result from chemesthesis, a chemical-sensing process that we often conflate with taste.
Paxlovid Mouth Is Real—And Gross Rachel Gutman-Wei 2022
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We sense both the chill of menthol and the heat of chiles through chemesthesis, not taste.
Paxlovid Mouth Is Real—And Gross Rachel Gutman-Wei 2022
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