subtherapeutic

[suhb-ther-uh-pyoo-tik]

sub·ther·a·peu·tic

[suhb-ther-uh-pyoo-tik]
adjective
indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.

Origin:
sub- + therapeutic

sub·ther·a·peu·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Subtherapeutic has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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