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hot flash
noun
- a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hot flash1
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Example Sentences
No, it is not the hot-flash-inducing disorder it sounds like, but rather an abstinence from drinking for the month of January.
The study also indicated that the worse a woman's hot flash symptoms were, the lower her risk of developing breast cancer.
The marvellous blue was returning, a hue of fascination; not the hot flash of the diamond, but the frozen light of the iceberg.
I felt the stifling smell of sulphur—a hot flash—a quick stroke from some invisible hand—and I sank senseless to the earth!
Its presence in the blood is the cause of the sudden dilatation of the blood-vessels that is known as the "hot flash."
The hot flash passes in a moment, if not prolonged by emotion or if not converted into a habit by attention.
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