Trigger point

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.NounAn event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.

"The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.; Me wanting to spend time with other people is a big trigger point for him."

2.NounA hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch.

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