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subtherapeutical

subtherapeutical is the alternative form of subtherapeutic.

Meaning of subtherapeutic

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 subtherapeutical

From sub- + therapeutical.

Questions about subtherapeutical

What is subtherapeutical the alternative form of?
Subtherapeutical is the alternative form of subtherapeutic.

Words near subtherapeutical in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subtherapeutical (page history and authors); subtherapeutic (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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