adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Administered at levels lower than would be used in actual treatment of a disease not-comparable

   "[…] they require that the pigs be humanely raised and free of subtherapeutic antibiotics. “"

Antonyms

All antonyms

supratherapeutic

Example

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"[…] they require that the pigs be humanely raised and free of subtherapeutic antibiotics. “"

Etymology

From sub- + therapeutic.

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