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hot flush

British  

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

Male MPs have been trying on vests that simulate the feeling of a hot flush, which some women experience during the menopause.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2022

Since then she has suffered “terrible stomach troubles” including “cramps, doubling over, vomiting, diarrhoea, boiling hot flush, sweating, agony”.

From The Guardian Jan. 22, 2020

If women come to see me who are at risk, I ask them if they’ve had a hot flush so I can prescribe HRT,” he says.

From The Guardian Dec. 15, 2015

I fought down a hot flush of embarrassment as they looked me up and down.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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