Dictionary

trigger point en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.
   • Me wanting to spend time with other people is a big trigger point for him.
   • The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.
2. A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch.

Forms

Synonyms

trigger · provocation

Translations (9)

fi liipaisinpiste (hyperirritable spot) · fr point-gâchette (hyperirritable spot) · ca desencadenant (event, arrangement or provocation — see also trigger) · fi syy (event, arrangement or provocation — see also trigger) · es punto gatillo (hyperirritable spot) · fr déclencheur (event, arrangement or provocation — see also trigger) · ca punt gallet (hyperirritable spot) · fi laukaisija (event, arrangement or provocation — see also trigger) · fr point-détente (hyperirritable spot)