subtherapeutic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English therapeutic English subtherapeutic From sub- + therapeutic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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: