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li⋅men

  [lahy-muhn]
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–noun, plural li⋅mens, lim⋅i⋅na  [lim-uh-nuh] .
threshold (def. 4).
Origin:
1890–95; < L līmen
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thresh⋅old

  [thresh-ohld, thresh-hohld]
–noun
1. the sill of a doorway.
2. the entrance to a house or building.
3. any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career.
4. Also called limen. Psychology, Physiology. the point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to begin to produce an effect: the threshold of consciousness; a low threshold of pain.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME threschold, OE threscold, threscwald; c. ON threskǫldr, dial. Sw träskvald; akin to thresh in old sense “trample, tread”; -old, -wald unexplained
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li·men   (lī'mən)   
n.   pl. li·mens or lim·i·na (lĭm'ə-nə)
The threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

[Latin līmen, threshold.]
lim'i·nal (lĭm'ə-nəl) adj.
lim·i·na   (lĭm'ə-nə)   
n.  A plural of limen.
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Main Entry: threshold
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being a threshold threshold issue in a negligence action is whether the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff —Noakes v. City of Seattle, 895 Pacific Reporter, Second Series 842 (1995)> threshold showing of the need for psychiatric evaluation>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: li·men
Pronunciation: 'lI-m&n
Function: noun
: THRESHOLDlimen of awareness —R. M. Lindner>

Main Entry: thresh·old
Pronunciation: 'thresh-"(h)Old
Function: noun
: the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to beproduced (as the degree of stimulation of a nerve which just produces a response or the concentration of sugar in the blood at which sugar just begins to pass the barrier of the kidneys and enter theurine) threshold of consciousness> threshold of pain> threshold> called also limen
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limen li·men (lī'mən)
n. pl. li·mens or lim·i·na (lĭm'ə-nə)

  1. The threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

  2. The external opening of a canal; an entrance.

lim'i·nal (lĭm'ə-nəl) adj.

threshold thresh·old (thrěsh'ōld', -hōld')
n.

  1. The place or point of beginning; the outset.

  2. The lowest point at which a stimulus begins to produce a sensation.

  3. The minimal stimulus that produces excitation of any structure, eliciting a motor response.

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