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Alterative

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Adjective

1. alterative, curative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic

tending to cure or restore to health

Example Sentences:
'curative powers of herbal remedies'
'her gentle healing hand'
'remedial surgery'
'a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air'
'a therapeutic agent'
'therapeutic diets'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alterative

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adjective
1. 
likely or able to produce alteration
2. obsolete
(of a drug) able to restore normal health
noun
3. obsolete
a drug that restores normal health

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Alterative

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adjective
causing or tending to cause alteration

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alterative

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adj.
1. Tending to alter or produce alteration.
2. Tending to restore to normal health.
n.
A treatment or medication that restores health.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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