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subtherapeutic

subtherapeutic adjective: administered at levels lower than would be used in actual treatment of a disease.

Adjective

subtherapeutic (not comparable)

  1. Administered at levels lower than would be used in actual treatment of a disease
    • […] they require that the pigs be humanely raised and free of subtherapeutic antibiotics. “2009 February 1, Christine Muhlke, “Aging Gracefully”, in New York Times

Origin of subtherapeutic

From sub- + therapeutic.

Words formed from subtherapeutic

Questions about subtherapeutic

What does subtherapeutic mean?
Subtherapeutic means administered at levels lower than would be used in actual treatment of a disease.
What part of speech is subtherapeutic?
Subtherapeutic is an adjective.

Words near subtherapeutic in the dictionary

  1. subthematically
  2. subtheme
  3. subthemes
  4. subtheories
  5. subtheory
  6. subtherapeutic
  7. subtherapeutical
  8. subtherapeutically
  9. subthermal
  10. subthermally
  11. subthermoclinal

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