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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to cure or restore to health;
- Example: "curative powers of herbal remedies"
- Example: "her gentle healing hand"
- Example: "remedial surgery"
- Example: "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"
- Example: "a therapeutic agent"
- Example: "therapeutic diets"
[syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, n. A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, a. [L. alterativus: cf. F. alt['e]ratif.] Causing ateration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. --Burton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alterative adj 1: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic]