English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sub- + therapeutic
Adjective[edit]
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[1]:[…] they require that the pigs be humanely raised and free of subtherapeutic antibiotics. “
