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Financial Dictionary

trigger point

The event or condition that initiates a predetermined action. For example, the New York Stock Exchange halts trading in stocks when the Dow Jones Industrial Average declines by a specified number of points (the trigger point) in a trading session.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trigger point
Function: noun
: a sensitive area of the body which when stimulated gives rise to reaction elsewhere in the body; especially : ahypersensitive area that evokes referred pain elsewhere when stimulated trigger point of the upper lip> called alsotrigger area, trigger zone
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

trigger point n.
A specific point on the body at which touch or pressure will elicit pain.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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