pressure point

English

Noun

pressure point (plural pressure points)

1. A point, spot where pressure is applied
   1. (therapy) A specific small area of the body sensitive to and suitable for therapeutic pressure.
   2. (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.

      For this strike, if your thumb is tucked correctly, you should hit the pressure point where their arm meets their shoulder.

   3. (figurative) A situation that, when addressed, can cause a change to occur.
      • 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

        If we are approaching the pressure points well into the second half of the season, then Arsenal can certainly regard themselves as very well placed on the shoulders of the leaders.

Translations

specific small area of the body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穴位 (zh) (xuéwèi), 腧穴 (zh) (shùxué)

• Dutch: drukpunt (nl) n
• Finnish: hermopiste
• French: point de pression m, point d’acupression m
• German: Druckpunkt n
• Japanese: 点穴 (てんけつ, tenketsu), 急所 (ja) (きゅうしょ, kyūsho), 穴位 (けつい, ketsui)
• Polish: punkt nacisku m
• Russian: жи́зненно ва́жная то́чка f (žíznenno vážnaja tóčka)
• Swedish: tryckpunkt (sv) c

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