English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Alterative

Alterative (a.)

Causing ateration.

Alterative (a.)

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

Alterative (n.)

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