Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Al"ter*a*tive, n.
A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and
restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.

Synonyms: curative, healing(p), healthful, remedial, sanative, therapeutic

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