- tender point
- a point on a muscle, ligament, tendon, or area of fascia that causes pain when touched, but without referred pain.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
tender point
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tender point — painful area; point on the body which is tender to the touch (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
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Point Sur Lighthouse — Infobox Lighthouse caption = U.S. Coast Guard Archive location = Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park, California coordinates = coord|36.3063|N|121.9016|W yearbuilt = 1889 yearlit = 1889 automated = 1972 yeardeactivated = foundation =… … Wikipedia
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tender spot — Synonyms and related words: ache, aching, affront, apple of discord, blow, bone of contention, bone to pick, casus belli, cramp, crow to pick, crow to pluck, cut, distress, dolor, exposed nerve, grief, grounds for war, hurt, injury, lesion, nasty … Moby Thesaurus
