Definition of Pressure point

1. Noun. Any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point.

Group relationships: Body, Organic Structure, Physical Structure
Generic synonyms: Point

2. Noun. Where problems or difficulties are likely to occur. "A key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit"
Generic synonyms: Problem, Trouble

3. Noun. An area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure. "You must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu"
Generic synonyms: Area, Region
Group relationships: Cutis, Skin, Tegument

Definition of Pressure point

1. Noun. (martial arts) A specific small area of the body targeted, due to a cluster of nerves being close to the skin, usually not protected by bone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressure Point

pressure-wash
pressure bandage
pressure cabin
pressure cooker
pressure cookers
pressure dome
pressure feed
pressure gage
pressure gauge
pressure gauges
pressure gradient
pressure group
pressure groups
pressure level
pressure of speech
pressure point (current term)
pressure retarded osmosis
pressure sensation
pressure sore
pressure suit
pressure ulcer
pressure ulcers
pressure unit
pressure valve
pressure vessel
pressure vessels
pressure washer
pressure washers
pressured
pressured speech

Literary usage of Pressure point

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Each pressure point in the skin, therefore, has a local sign, ... The center of each is a pressure point and the area is determined by the distance from ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Each pressure point in the skin, therefore, has a local sign, ... The center of each is a pressure point and the area is determined by the distance from ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"The physiological unit may be anatomically complex. At a pressure-point the skin possesses a number of nerve fibres which are spread out flat in the ..."

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