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ALTERATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alterative mean? 

ALTERATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ALTERATIVE has 1 sense:

1. tending to cure or restore to healthplay

  Familiarity information: ALTERATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALTERATIVE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to cure or restore to health

Synonyms:

alterative; curative; healing; remedial; sanative; therapeutic

Context example:

therapeutic diets

Similar:

healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)


 Context examples 


A Turkish bath is what we call an alterative in medicine—a fresh starting-point, a cleanser of the system.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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