subtherapeutic

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ therapeutic.

Adjective

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subtherapeutic (not comparable)

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