subtoxic

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ toxic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒksɪk

Adjective

subtoxic (not comparable)

1. Less than toxic
   • 2015 June 16, Jae-Yeo Park et al., “Oligonol suppresses lipid accumulation and improves insulin resistance in a palmitate-induced in HepG2 hepatocytes as a cellular steatosis model”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     The cells were then treated with Oligonol at subtoxic concentrations and examined for lipid metabolism, cytokine production, and insulin signaling using quantitative RT-PCR and western blot analysis.