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English

Etymology

Latin alterativus: compare with French altératif.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ˈɔl.tɚˌaɪ.tɪv/ or /ˈɔl.tɚ.ə.tɪv/

Adjective

Causing alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. --Burton.

Noun

A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.

ta:alterative te:alterative vi:alterative

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, n.
A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and
restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet 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]