alterative

Meaning

Noun

A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.

Adj

1. Causing alteration.
2. Causing alteration.

Synonyms

healing

remedial

sanative

therapeutic

curative

alternative

variant

degenerative

different

metamorphic

metamorphous

Translations

curatif

curatiu

guaridor

sanatiu

αλλοιώτικος

μετατρεπτικός

guérison

thérapeutique

terapeutico

terapêutico

curativo

alterante

alterador

alterativo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒl.tɹə.tɪv/

Etymology

From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus.