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alterative

alterative is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Causing ateration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. Burton.
  2. 2.A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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