a. 引起改变的, 变质的

n. 变质药, 变质疗法

[医] 变质的, 变质药

[ adj ]
tending to cure or restore to health
<adj.all>
curative powers of herbal remediesher gentle healing hand
remedial surgery
a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
a therapeutic agent
therapeutic diets

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.


Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, n.
A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and
restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.