Diseases

Hot Flashes

A sudden, temporary sensation of heat predominantly experienced by some women during MENOPAUSE. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

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Abstract

A sudden, temporary sensation of heat predominantly experienced by some women during MENOPAUSE. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Flashes, Hot

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with FLUSHING

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History Note

98

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Previous Indexing

  • Climacteric (1976-1997)
  • Menopause (1972-1997)

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QT 108

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hot Flashes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019584. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019584
  2. Hot Flashes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_flash
  3. Hot Flashes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1858291