alterative

  1. Noun.  (context, medicine) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  2. Adjective.  Causing alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. (defdate, from 15th c.) .

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