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English Dictionary: alterative by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alterative
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, a. [L. alterativus: cf. F.
      alt[82]ratif.]
      Causing ateration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or
      tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one
      of health. --Burton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, n.
      A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and
      restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
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