Dysguessia means what?

• A. Dry mouth
• B. Altered taste
• C. No teeth
• D. Sensation of something stuck in your throat

Answer: (B)

Understanding terms for taste disorders helps you map a symptom to its medical name. Dysgeusia describes an abnormal or altered sense of taste. The “dys-” prefix signals abnormal, and “geusia” refers to taste, so the term specifically means a distorted or changed taste perception. That’s why the correct choice is altered taste—people may experience metallic, bitter, or otherwise unusual flavors, or a general change in how foods taste. Dry mouth, or xerostomia, is about reduced saliva and can indirectly affect taste but isn’t a distortion of taste itself. No teeth describes edentulism, and the sensation of something stuck in the throat refers to a globus sensation, neither of which is about taste perception.