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If colorblind is a descriptive word for people who cannot distinguish colors and tone deaf describes people who cannot distinguish one tone from another, is there a similar word for someone is unable to distinguish between one taste and another?

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    I suffered taste loss for several months last year two weeks into what would have been a 6-month course of lamisil. It was incredibly difficult to convey to anyone just how distressing and restrictive the condition is! Now I just feel sorry for my cat, having since learnt that all domestic cats have lost the ability to detect sweetness.
    – FumbleFingers
    Mar 13, 2012 at 18:23

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Ageusic describes a loss of taste, which would correspond to deafness and blindness.

Dysgeusic describes alteration of taste, which could correspond to tone-deafness and colorblindness.

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I'd like to suggest palate-dull where palate is

b : the sense of taste

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  • Upvoted even though I wasn't really looking for a neologism--looking for an existing word. :-)
    – Onorio Catenacci
    Mar 13, 2012 at 17:51

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