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subtherapeutic
sub·ther·a·peu·tic S0855250 (sŭb′thĕr-ə-pyo͞o′tĭk)adj. Below the dosage levels used to treat diseases: subtherapeutic feeding of penicillin to livestock. sub′ther·a·peu′ti·cal·ly adv.subtherapeutic (ˌsʌbθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk) adjinvolving or relating to drug dosages administered at too low a level to produce a therapeutic effect(of a drug dosage) below the level necessary to treat disease, not powerful enough to have a therapeutic effectsubtherapeutic
subtherapeutic (sŭb′thĕr-ə-pyo͞o′tĭk)adj. Below the dosage levels used to treat diseases: subtherapeutic feeding of penicillin to livestock. sub′ther·a·peu′ti·cal·ly adv.subtherapeutic (sŭb″thĕr-ŭ-pūt′ĭk) [″ + ″] 1. Less than adequately treated. 2. Taking a drug with a blood level below a desired treatment range. Patients using warfarin for atrial fibrillation, for example, have subtherapeutic anticoagulation when their international normalized ratio (INR) is below 2.0. |