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trigger point

n :  a sensitive area of the body which when stimulated gives rise to reaction elsewhere in the body : esp  :  a hypersensitive area that evokes referred pain elsewhere when stimulated <an attack of trigeminal neuralgia initiated by a chance brushing of the trigger point of the upper lip>  - called also trigger area , rigger zone  .
 
 

 
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