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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 health
Familiarity information: ALTERATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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