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sublethal

sublethal adjective: less than lethal.

Adjective

sublethal (comparative more sublethal, superlative most sublethal)

  1. Less than lethal.
    • a sublethal dose
    • A US study published earlier this year found that dust emitted when seeds treated with neonicotinoids are planted causes sub-lethal effects in caterpillars of the monarch butterfly.2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian

sublethal meaning in Tamil

sublethal in Tamil

கொல்லுகிற நிலைக்குப் போதாத, சார்இறப்புக் காரணி

Forms of sublethal

comparativemore sublethal
superlativemost sublethal

Origin of sublethal

From sub- + lethal.

Words formed from sublethal

Questions about sublethal

What does sublethal mean?
Sublethal means less than lethal.
What is sublethal in Tamil?
Sublethal in Tamil is கொல்லுகிற நிலைக்குப் போதாத, சார்இறப்புக் காரணி. See Sublethal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sublethal?
Sublethal is an adjective.

Words near sublethal in the dictionary

  1. sublessee
  2. sublessees
  3. sublessor
  4. sublessors
  5. sublet
  6. sublethal
  7. sublethality
  8. sublethally
  9. sublethaly
  10. sublets
  11. Sublett

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sublethal (page history and authors); sublethal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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