Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alterative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, a. [L. alterativus: cf. F.
alt['e]ratif.]
Causing ateration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or
tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one
of health. --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, n.
A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and
restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alterative
adj : tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of
herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial
surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and
fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
[syn: {curative}, {healing(p)}, {remedial}, {sanative},
{therapeutic}]
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