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alterative

ADJ ซึ่ง เปลี่ยนแปลง ซึ่ง เป็นสาเหตุ ให้ เปลี่ยนแปลง seung-plian-plaeng

alterative

N ทางเลือก thang-lueak

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALTERATIVE

a.Causing alteration; having the power to alter.

ALTERATIVE

n.A medicine which, without sensible operation, gradually induces a change in the habit or constitution and restores healthy functions. This word is more generally used than alterant.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALTERATIVE

Al "ter *a *tive, a. Etym: [L. alterativus: cf. F. altératif.]

Defn: Causing ateration. Specifically:

Defn: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. Burton.

ALTERATIVE

ALTERATIVE Al "ter *a *tive, n.

Defn: A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.