Flushing

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 16

(flush' -ing). I. A frequent symptom in the subjects of cardiac palpitation, and especially in Graves' disease. It implies a condition of vaso-motor irritability with a paresis of the arterioles in certain areas. It is often accompanied by local perspiration. It is seldom a marked symptom of organic disease. 2. The proce of cleansing by a rapid flow of liquid.