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alterative

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al·ter·a·tive  (ôlt-rtv, -tr--tv)
adj.
1. Tending to alter or produce alteration.
2. Tending to restore to normal health.
n.
A treatment or medication that restores health.
alterative [ˈɔːltərətɪv]
adj
1. likely or able to produce alteration
2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Obsolete (of a drug) able to restore normal health
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) Obsolete a drug that restores normal health
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.alterative - tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
curative, healing, sanative, therapeutic, remedial
healthful - conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"


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But through the 'Steps to Freedom in Christ', a Bible-based program of spiritual recovery developed by Neil Anderson and Steve Gross, these men and women were abilt to find a better alterative to a life of self-hatred, impaired self-image, eating disorders, emotional pain, social and familial rejection.
Songs Of Freedom by Internet Bookwatch
But through the 'Steps to Freedom in Christ', a Bible-based program of spiritual recovery developed by Neil Anderson and Steve Gross, these men and women were abilt to find a better alterative to a life of self-hatred, impaired self-image, eating disorders, emotional pain, social and familial rejection.
Songs Of Freedom by The Bookwatch
In probing for an alterative I have turned to Los Angeles, not because LA is an American city, but because it is an international--a transnational--city.
From Athens and Berlin to LA: faculty work & the new academy by Rice, R. Eugene / Liberal Education
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