Medical Dictionary

trigger mechanism

noun

Medical Definition of TRIGGER MECHANISM

:  something (as a specific act or stimulus) that in interaction with the body constitutes a physiological trigger; especially :  one by which an attack (as of disease or referred pain) is precipitated

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