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hot flush

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noun

  1. a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The bracelet is powered by artificial intelligence software that monitors the wearer's temperature, and when it detects a hot flush it can deliver a cooling sensation.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2023

She also had the classic symptom associated with menopause - the hot flush.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021

If you’re a woman, you wake up every morning thinking, is this a hot flush?

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2018

Her hot flush was so bad, it steam-cleaned my carpet.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2015

A hot flush of anger runs up my neck, blooming on my cheeks.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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