Meaning of Alterative

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Alterative

1. 1
   a.

   Causing ateration.

2. 2
   a.

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

3. 3
   n.

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

4. 4
   a.

   Causing ateration.

5. 5
   a.

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

6. 6
   n.

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