What is the medical term meaning taste buds?

Answer 1

gustatory

Taste (or, more formally, gustation; adjectival form: "gustatory") is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food, certain minerals, and poisons, etc.
degustation

I looked it up in my health class medical book and the answer is Gustatory.

Gustat/o- The sense of taste

-Ory Having the function of.

gustatory

Answer 2

Taste buds are little dots on your tongue that sense the tast of whatever is in your mouth. There are different sections on your tongue that have sweet, sour or bitter taste buds.

Answer 3

The scientific name for taste buds is Lingual Papilla, although they are often called taste buds even within the scientific community.

Answer 4

Papillae