pressure point

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noun

a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.

a point on the body where relatively slight pressure serves to press an artery lying close to the surface against underlying bony tissue, so as to arrest the flow of blood into a part.

a sensitive, crucial area or issue against which concerted persuasion or pressure tactics can be wielded to produce a desired result: Lobbyists attempt to find the pressure points of government.

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Origin of pressure point

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby pressure point

pressure gradient, pressure group, pressure head, pressure hull, pressure ice, pressure point, pressure ridge, pressure suit, pressure-treated, pressure-tube anemometer, pressure ulcer

How to use pressure point in a sentence

Memory foam gently lifts the body, which relieves common pressure points and leads to a longer, healthier rest.
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Foam rollerAs you run your sore body across the 13-inch-long TriggerPoint Grid, you can choose among geometric textures that replicate the long strokes or focused pressure points of a therapist’s hands and fingers.
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Most sunglasses rely on tight sidearms to keep them snug against your face, but they can cause annoying pressure points behind your ears, which can turn into headaches if you wear them for too long.
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Memory foam works by evenly supporting and distributing weight, which relieves stiffness in joints and pressure points.
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Flat and thin, they were not doing the circulation in my legs any favors, serving as pressure points when my weight should’ve been spread more evenly.
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The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
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Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!
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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
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Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
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But the most important point I want to make is about what the press does now.
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This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
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Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
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His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
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Judged from this point of view only, the elasticity provided by the new law is doubtless adequate.
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British Dictionary definitions for pressure point

pressure point

noun

any of several points on the body above an artery that, when firmly pressed, will control bleeding from the artery at a point farther away from the heart

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