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"sense": "event, arrangement or provocation — see also trigger",
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"word": "desencadenant"
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"A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch. ᵂᵖ"
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"word": "punt gallet"
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"sense": "event, arrangement or provocation — see also trigger",
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"word": "punto gatillo"
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