What does alterative mean?
Definitions for alterative
al·ter·ative
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Princeton's WordNet
curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeuticadjective
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"
Wiktionary
alterativenoun
A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.
alterativeadjective
Causing alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health.
Etymology: From alterativum, noun use of alterativus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Alterativeadjective
Medicines called alterative, are such as have no immediate sensible operation, but gradually gain upon the constitution, by changing the humours from a state of distemperature to health. They are opposed to evacuants. John Quincy
Etymology: from alter.
When there is an eruption of humour in any part, it is not cured merely by outward applications, but by such alterative medicines as purify the blood. Government of the Tongue.
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alterative
An alterative is a substance or treatment that gradually restores health or normal function, usually through altering or purifying the body's processes. They are often used in herbal medicine and can help the body detoxify and heal itself.
Webster Dictionary
Alterativeadjective
causing ateration
Alterativeadjective
gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health
Alterativenoun
a medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations
Etymology: [L. alterativus: cf. F. altratif.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alterative in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alterative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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