ALTERATIVE

curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

alterative (plural alteratives)

(medicine, now historical) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc. [from 14th c.]

Adjective

alterative (comparative more alterative, superlative most alterative)

Causing alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. [from 15th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

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Al"ter*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. alterativus: cf. F. altératif.]

Definition: Causing ateration. Specifically:

Definition: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. Burton.

Al"ter*a*tive, n.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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