subconcussive

English

Etymology

From sub- +β€Ž concussive.

Adjective

subconcussive (not comparable)

  1. Below the threshold of concussion.
    • 2009 January 28, Alan Schwarz, β€œNew Sign of Brain Damage in N.F.L.”, in New York Timesβ€Ž[1]:
      The pamphlet also makes no mention of the C.T.E. cases, whose increasing number is convincing many experts that subconcussive brain trauma can have cumulative effects.