Anatomy and Physiology

limen

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

limen (psych.) limit below which a stimulus ceases to be perceptible. XIX. — L. līmen, līmin- threshold.
So liminal XIX. Cf. SUBLIMINAL.

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

limen (ly-men) n. (in anatomy) a border or boundary.

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