Alterative Definition
ôltə-rātĭv, -tər-ə-tĭv
adjective
Causing or tending to cause alteration.
Webster's New World
Tending to alter or produce alteration.
American Heritage Medicine
Tending to restore to normal health.
American Heritage Medicine
Causing alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. [from 15th c.]
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noun
A treatment or medication that restores health.
American Heritage Medicine
(medicine, now historical) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc. [from 14th c.]
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Other Word Forms of Alterative
Noun
Singular:
alterativePlural:
alterativesOrigin of Alterative
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From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus.
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