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.]

Wiktionary
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.]
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Alterative

Noun

Singular:
alterative
Plural:
alteratives

Origin of Alterative

  • From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus.

    From Wiktionary

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