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Vinony

subtherapeutic

adjective

  1. be at a suboptimal or sub-beneficial level of treatment
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Wiktionary

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.

  1. 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. “”