Usually means: Area sensitive to force, pain.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word pressure point:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. pressure point: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pressure point: Merriam-Webster
  3. pressure point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pressure point: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pressure point: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pressure point: Vocabulary.com
  7. pressure-point: Wordnik
  8. pressure point: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pressure point: Wiktionary
  10. pressure point: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pressure point: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pressure point: Dictionary.com
  13. Pressure Point (album), Pressure Point (band), Pressure Point (film), Pressure Point (song), Pressure Point, Pressure point (disambiguation), Pressure point: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. pressure point: Rhymezone
  15. pressure point: FreeDictionary.org
  16. pressure point: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. pressure point: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pressure point: Legal dictionary
  2. pressure point: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pressure-point, pressure point: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. pressure point: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Pressure-point, pressure point: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pressure Point: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pressure_points as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pressure point)

noun:  A point, spot where pressure is applied
noun:  (therapy) A specific small area of the body sensitive to and suitable for therapeutic pressure.
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.
noun:  (figurative) A situation that, when addressed, can cause a change to occur.

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