Usually means: Not enough to cause death.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. sublethally: Merriam-Webster
  2. sublethally: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sublethally: Wiktionary
  4. sublethally: Dictionary.com
  5. sublethally: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sublethally: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. sublethally: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sublethally)

▸ adverb:  In a sublethal manner, or to a sublethal extent.

Similar:
sublethaly, subacutely, subclinically, subterminally, unsubstantially, subhumanly, nonlethally, subchronically, lethally, subsultorily, more...

Opposite:
lethally, fatally, deadly

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Similar:
sublethaly, subacutely, subclinically, subterminally, unsubstantially, subhumanly, nonlethally, subchronically, lethally, subsultorily, more...

Opposite:
lethally, fatally, deadly



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