subthreshold

A secondary or subordinate threshold.

Adjective

  1. Of a stimulus: not strong enough to elicit a response.
  2. Below a threshold.
  3. Subsyndromal.
    • There is increasing evidence that cannabis use can act as a risk factor for the development of bipolar as well as psychotic disorders. A recent systematic review by Gibbs and colleagues identified several studies...
    • For the ICD-11, there is a scale of the severity of personality pathology that ranges from “personality difficulty” to “mild,” “moderate,” and “severe” personality disorder, which represent the only personality disorder...

Origin

From sub- + threshold.

Noun

  1. A secondary or subordinate threshold.

Forms

subthresholds