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alterative.

A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɒl.tɹə.tɪv/UK/ˈɒl.tə.ɹə.tɪv/UK/ˈɔl.tɚˌaɪ.tɪv/US/ˈɔl.tɚ.ə.tɪv/US
  1. A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus.

adj/ˈɒl.tɹə.tɪv/UK/ˈɒl.tə.ɹə.tɪv/UK/ˈɔl.tɚˌaɪ.tɪv/US/ˈɔl.tɚ.ə.tɪv/US
  1. Causing alteration.

  2. Causing alteration. Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state into a healthy one.

Where this word comes from

From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus.

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