subtherapeutic
English
Etymology
sub- + therapeutic
Adjective
subtherapeutic (not comparable)
- (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:
- […] they require that the pigs be humanely raised and free of subtherapeutic antibiotics. “
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