provocation
/ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/ noun C2- The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
- Something that provokes; a provocative act.
- The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate. · When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.
Plural provocations
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But I have other provocations.
The general proposed to cast lots for the swords, but the president said it was he who had given the provocation, and when he had given it he had supposed each would use his own arms.
“No, no, I will be on the ground at the proper time; but in my opinion (and I have a right to dictate the preliminaries, as it is I who have received the provocation)—in my opinion the time ought not to be yet.
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