English Explanatory Dictionary

trigger point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.
  2. A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch. ᵂᵖ

Word forms

trigger point trigger points

Synonyms

trigger provocation
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