subclinicaladj.

1916 Lancet 15 July 102/1 In its slighter forms the disease [sc. hilus tuberculosis] may remain altogether subclinical.

1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) viii. 85 The entrance into the tissues of a small number of bacteria may lead to the production of immunity without the appearance of any definite clinical manifestations; this is termed subclinical or latent infection.

1993 Spy (N.Y.) Oct. 38/3 It seems to be especially effective for the mild depression known as subclinical—a depression that doesn't prevent getting up in the morning but makes life just existential enough to make a student wonder why she's bothering to study for her French exam.

2003 Daily Disp. (East London, S. Afr.) 18 July 12/1 Chronically infected herds and flocks are composed of clinical cases, sub-clinical shedders and non-infected animals.

1929 Public Health 42 221/1 Among 600 of the ordinary population, 98 (or 15·5 per cent.) gave positive Widal reactions, which means they must have been in contact even if not infected subclinically, with B. typhosus.

1964 Times 7 Dec. p. vii/2 With atrophic rhinitis, it became clear that the causal agent (or probably agents) could frequently spread between herds subclinically.

2005 E. Rassin Thought Suppression viii. 132 Ninety-one participants (of which 21 were subclinically depressed) were instructed to imagine being in a positive or negative situation.