"pressure point" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pressure points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pressure point (plural pressure points)
  1. A point, spot where pressure is applied
    (therapy) A specific small area of the body sensitive to and suitable for therapeutic pressure.
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  2. A point, spot where pressure is applied
    (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.
    Categories (topical): Martial arts
    Sense id: en-pressure_point-en-noun-ri~rrAlf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 68 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 60 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 62 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 80 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 65 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 72 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 69 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 68 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 73 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 13 62 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 64 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 73 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 74 16 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
  3. A point, spot where pressure is applied
    (figurative) A situation that, when addressed, can cause a change to occur.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-pressure_point-en-noun-SQKy5oFR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (specific small area of the body): 穴位 (xuéwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 腧穴 (shùxué) (Chinese Mandarin), drukpunt [neuter] (Dutch), hermopiste (Finnish), point de pression [masculine] (French), point d’acupression [masculine] (French), Druckpunkt [neuter] (German), 点穴 (tenketsu) (alt: てんけつ) (Japanese), 急所 (kyūsho) (alt: きゅうしょ) (Japanese), 穴位 (ketsui) (alt: けつい) (Japanese), punkt nacisku [masculine] (Polish), жи́зненно ва́жная то́чка (žíznenno vážnaja tóčka) [feminine] (Russian), tryckpunkt [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'specific small area of the body': 48 52 0

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