Definition of ALTERATIVE

alterative

Meanings

Plural: alteratives

Adjective Satellite

  • tending to cure or restore to health

Noun

  • A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.

Adj

  • Causing alteration.
  • Causing alteration.
  • Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state into a healthy one.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus.

Scrabble Score: 13

alterative is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
alterative is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
alterative is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

alterative is a valid Words With Friends word