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Flushing has multiple meanings: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

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For a person to flush is to become markedly red in the face and often other areas of the skin, from various physiological conditions. ... Flush toilet A flush toilet or water closet (WC) is a toilet that disposes of the waste products by using water to sweep them away down a drainpipe. ... Flushing (or Flush) is a military tactic employed by skirmishers (normally infantry). ... Skirmishers are infantry soldiers who are stationed ahead or to the sides of a larger body of friendly troops. ... Look up cache in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Map sources for Flushing at grid reference SW810338 Flushing is a coastal village in Cornwall, England, near Penryn and facing Falmouth across an arm of Carrick Roads. ... Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. ... A few landmarks from two New York Worlds Fairs still stand in Flushing Meadows. ... Flushing Bay, New York is a semienclosed body of water (a bay) located off the north shore of Long Island, near the neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, and immediately adjacent to New York Citys LaGuardia Airport and Rikers Island, site of one of New Yorks city jails. ... In geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... Flushing is a city located in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Flushing is a village located in Belmont County, Ohio. ...

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  • Flush disambiguation page

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Flushing (4566 words)
Flushing is due to increased blood flow through the skin, causing warmth, and because of engorgement of the subpapillary venous plexus, redness.
Flushing was associated with a rise in circulating substance P in 80% of patients with gastric carcinoid.
Flushing attacks may be accompanied by headache, dyspnea and wheezing, palpitations, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and syncope and may closely resemble the flushing episodes of the carcinoid syndrome, especially the foregut variety, which are also mediated by histamine.
Flushing Chamber of Commerce (364 words)
One of the highlights of summer in Flushing is the fabulous community Summer Fest held in June.
Flushing, known as the Cruise Capital of Michigan, hosts gatherings of 1972 and older automobiles every third Saturday of each month during the summer.
The Flushing Area Chamber of Commerce cannot, and does not, guarantee the correctness of all the information nor the complete absence of errors and omissions.
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