pressure pointnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpreʃ.ə ˌpɔɪnt/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ ˌpɔɪnt/pressure point noun [ C ] (BODY)
a place on the body where an artery (= tube carrying blood from the heart) is close to the surface of the skin, where it can be pressed to partly stop the flow of blood
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The circulatory system & blood
- Abo
- accessory pathway
- antigen
- atrioventricular
- auricular
- blood donor
- blood sugar
- corpuscle
- erectile
- intravenous
- LV
- mediastinal
- microvascular
- myocardial
- myocarditis
- oxyhaemoglobin
- palpitate
- pulse
- Rh factor
- semilunar valve
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pressure point noun [ C ] (SITUATION)
a place or situation that is likely to cause problems:
Hospitals are a pressure point for the entire health system.
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- eventuality
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- rum
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- vortex
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