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subcurative
subcurative adj. 
/ˌsʌbˈkjɔːrətɪv/,
Brit. /ˌsʌbˈkjʊərətɪv/
, /ˌsʌbˈkjʊərətɪv//ˌsʌbˈkjɔːrətɪv/U.S. /ˌsəbˈkjʊrədɪv/
/ˌsəbˈkjʊrədɪv/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] > alleviating or superficial
palliative?a1425
palliating1621
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palliatory1665
alleviative1770
alleviatory1830
supportive1858
subcurative1917
1917 Trans. Coll. Physicians Philadelphia 39 55 Only with doses below this do the parasites appear in the blood, and the time of their appearance is in inverse ratio to the size of the subcurative dose administered.
1946 Nature 17 Aug. 243/2 With the addition of subcurative doses of ‘Mapharsen’, the amount of penicillin required to cure rabbit syphilis is reduced to a fraction of that required when penicillin is used alone.
2008 H. Mehlhorn et al. Encycl. Parasitol. (ed. 3) 1495/2 There is a risk of producing a too long-lasting subcurative concentration in blood and tissues.
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