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  • adjective Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough to elicit a response
  • adjective Below a threshold.
  • adjective medicine subsyndromal

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Examples

  • So far, these ultralow-energy devices have operated at extremely low "subthreshold" voltages, from around 200 millivolts down to the theoretical lower limit of 36 millivolts.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • So far, these ultralow-energy devices have operated at extremely low "subthreshold" voltages, from around 200 millivolts down to the theoretical lower limit of 36 millivolts.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • So far, these ultralow-energy devices have operated at extremely low "subthreshold" voltages, from around 200 millivolts down to the theoretical lower limit of 36 millivolts.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • So far, these ultralow-energy devices have operated at extremely low "subthreshold" voltages, from around 200 millivolts down to the theoretical lower limit of 36 millivolts.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • To meet the criteria for a prodromal group, subjects need to present with what clinicians call "subthreshold" psychotic symptoms.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • To meet the criteria for a prodromal group, subjects need to present with what clinicians call "subthreshold" psychotic symptoms.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • Of the entire population studied, 0.6% of people had bipolar I, 0.4% bipolar II, and 1.4% qualified for "subthreshold" bipolar, which would exhibit the least severe symptoms.

    U.S. Has Highest Bipolar Rate—Why? Health.com 2011

  • When viewed over the past 12 months, the figures were 0.4 percent for bipolar I, 0.3 percent for bipolar II, 0.8 percent for subthreshold bipolar, and 1.5 percent for the spectrum.

    U.S. Has Highest Bipolar Rate—Why? Health.com 2011

  • Of the entire population studied, 0.6% of people had bipolar I, 0.4% bipolar II, and 1.4% qualified for "subthreshold" bipolar, which would exhibit the least severe symptoms.

    U.S. Has Highest Bipolar Rate—Why? Health.com 2011

  • When viewed over the past 12 months, the figures were 0.4 percent for bipolar I, 0.3 percent for bipolar II, 0.8 percent for subthreshold bipolar, and 1.5 percent for the spectrum.

    U.S. Has Highest Bipolar Rate—Why? Health.com 2011

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