PRESSURE POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pressure point mean? 

• PRESSURE POINT (noun)
  The noun PRESSURE POINT has 3 senses:

1. 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

2. where problems or difficulties are likely to occur

3. an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure

  Familiarity information: PRESSURE POINT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESSURE POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("pressure point" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Holonyms ("pressure point" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Where problems or difficulties are likely to occur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

a key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit

Hypernyms ("pressure point" is a kind of...):

problem; trouble (a source of difficulty)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu

Hypernyms ("pressure point" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Holonyms ("pressure point" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)