hot flush

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Noun

hot flush (plural hot flushes)

(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A sudden, but brief, sensation of heat over the entire body; a common symptom of the menopause.

Synonyms

hot flash (US)

Related terms

night sweats

Translations

sudden sensation of heat, symptom of the menopause

Arabic: هِبَّة الْحَرَارَةِ‎ f (hibba(t) al-ḥarārati), وَمْضَة سَاخِنَة‎ f (wamḍa(t) sāḵina)
Catalan: fogot (ca) m, calrada f, calorada f, sufocació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潮熱 (zh), 潮热 (zh) (cháorè)
Dutch: opvlieger (nl) m
Esperanto: varmiĝo
Finnish: kuuma aalto
French: bouffée de chaleur f

German: Hitzewallung f
Greek: έξαψη (el) f (éxapsi)
Italian: vampata di calore f, vampa f, caldana (it) f, scalmana f
Portuguese: onda de calor f, fogacho (pt) m, calorão m
Sicilian: quadanata f
Spanish: sofoco (es) m, bochorno (es) m
Swedish: värmevallning c, blodvallning c

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