Pregustation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste. countable, uncountable

    "simultaneous secretion and ingestion of Sw followed by egestion are natural components of the pregustation phase of host selection probes"

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foretasteforetaste

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"simultaneous secretion and ingestion of Sw followed by egestion are natural components of the pregustation phase of host selection probes"

Etymology

From pre- + gustation.

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