0 below an average or expected standard, especially of intelligence:
subnormal temperatures
mentally subnormal
Death takes place in anywhere from 3 to 15 or more days, according to the type of the disease, the body-temperature at the time of death being frequently subnormal.
Investigations of 167 such families suggested the 'causes' were subnormal mental capacity, adverse family influences during childhood, broken families, frequent pregnancies, chronic ill-health, husbands absent in the forces and alcoholism.
The allele that researchers associated with aggressive behavior has been found in only one family and may be an atypical but not unique response to subnormal cognitive ability.
The purpose of the present investigation was to test the hypothesis that measurable differences in facial structure separate idiopathic subnormal patients from individuals of normal intelligence.
This may be due to the excessive demands on the parents of the sick child, leading to decreased and often subnormal levels of attention being given to the healthy siblings.
Aerobic exercise performance was subnormal in all patients during the first test.
Too much or too little insulin can have very profound physiological consequences, as demonstrated by the various forms of diabetes (subnormal insulin secretion) and hyperinsulinism (excess insulin secretion).
The left ventricular ejection fraction is commonly, but not invariably, subnormal.
