SUPERTASTER Definition & Meaning

supertaster

[ soo-per-tey-ster ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person with hypergeusia, especially a person who experiences bitter or spicy tastes more intensely than average: Compare nontaster.
The fact that I find coffee and tonic water unpalatably bitter does make me wonder if I'm a supertaster.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of supertaster¹

First recorded in 1990–95; super- ( def ) + taster ( def )

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As they put it in their study, it wasn’t clear whether a person’s supertaster status predicted the severity of covid-19 or was a consequence of infection severity.

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Barham says he hopes that what he and his team have discovered about the supertaster gene will help scientists to not only determine treatment for covid-19 but also advance their understanding of the flu and other viruses.

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These findings fueled Barham’s conviction that the role of the supertaster gene in immunity to covid-19 needed to be investigated.

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He wondered whether his friend was a nontaster and his wife a supertaster.

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The supertaster gene, T2R38, is part of that innate immune system.

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