alterativen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːlt(ə)rətɪv/,

/ˈɒlt(ə)rətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈɔltəˌreɪdɪv/,

/ˈɔltərədɪv/,

/ˈɑltəˌreɪdɪv/,

/ˈɑltərədɪv/

Forms: Middle English alteratif, Middle English alteratijf, Middle English alteratyff, Middle English–1500s alteratyf, Middle English–1500s alteratyue, Middle English–1600s alteratiue, 1600s– alterative, 1700s alt'rative.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alterativum; Latin alterativus.

Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin alterativum health-giving medicine (13th cent.), use as noun of neuter of alterativus (see below); as adjective < post-classical Latin alterativus producing change (from 12th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources), able to be changed (late 15th cent.) < alterat- , past participial stem of alterare alter v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French alteratif (13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman (in medical use) as adjective; 1495 in an isolated attestation as noun, and subsequently from 1700; French altératif ), Spanish alterativo (late 14th cent. as adjective, late 15th cent. as noun in medical use), Italian alterativo , adjective (beginning of the 14th cent.). Compare later alterant adj., alterant n.

A. n.

Medicine. An alterative medicine or remedy. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [noun]

alterativea1398

dietic1659

alleotic1721

alterant1722

eutrophic1884

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. xxi. 367 Þe cure is wiþ hote alteratiues.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 42^v Alteratiuez [?c1425 Paris altrynge medecynes].

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. i. 434 Of alteratiues and Cordials, no man doubts.

1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory App. i. i. 45 Alteratives..have a Power of changing the Constitution without any sensible Increase, or Diminution of the natural Evacuations.

1781 G. Crabbe Library 6 Here alt'ratives by slow degrees controul The chronic habits of the sickly soul.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 422 If, therefore, sarsaparilla have any value whatever in disease, it must be simply as an alterative.

1926 Amer. Mercury July 331/1 This preparation, according to the label, was powerful as an alterative and antiseptic.

1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind x. 268 Elite medicine also made a fancy parade of alteratives, diluents, deobstruents and similar hifalutin categories.

B. adj.

1. Medicine. Of a medicine or remedy: held to act by altering processes within the body, esp. as opposed to causing excretion or evacuation; designating such action; = altering adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [adjective]

alterativea1400

altering?c1425

alleotical1657

alterant1678

alleotic1853

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 74 Þis drynke is alteratijf [?a1450 BL Add. alteratyff]: þat is to seie, chaunginge.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 56 Þe cause why þat a bone is nouȝt sowded..is..þe feblenesse of þe norisshynge and of þe alteratyf vertue [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. vertue nutritiue & alteratiue], when þe membres ben colde.

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 54^v It hath vertue alteratiue, resoluative, and excicatiue.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll1^v Cannot be remoued by medicine alteratiue .

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. ii. 435 Simples are Alteratiue or Purgatiue.

1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6167 How and Why some Medicins are Vomitive, some Purgative, others Sudorifique, others Diuretique, some Alterative.

1775 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1847) xlix. 451 My opinion of alterative medicine is not high, but quid tentasse nocebit?

1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (1877) 23 Iodine has a powerful alterative action.

1915 Lancet 16 Jan. 145/2 This alterative action of the waters is particularly observed in cases of rheumatism, gout, arthritis, [etc.].

1954 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 54 682/2 (advt.) Riasol has an alterative action on the skin, tending to help reestablish healthy functions in the epidermal layers.

2007 A. Williams Spa Bodywork 92/1 Fir could be chosen for its alterative action, which helps the body to regain balanced function.

2. Able to be altered; changeable. rare.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Alterative, changed, or that may be changed.

1942 J. G. Miller Unconsciousness ix. 239 These are the major points of this statement: Condensation and distortion occur—we have ample proof that memory is alterative.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alterative
释义	alterativen.adj. Brit. /ˈɔːlt(ə)rətɪv/, /ˈɒlt(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /ˈɔltəˌreɪdɪv/, /ˈɔltərədɪv/, /ˈɑltəˌreɪdɪv/, /ˈɑltərədɪv/ Forms: Middle English alteratif, Middle English alteratijf, Middle English alteratyff, Middle English–1500s alteratyf, Middle English–1500s alteratyue, Middle English–1600s alteratiue, 1600s– alterative, 1700s alt'rative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alterativum; Latin alterativus. Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin alterativum health-giving medicine (13th cent.), use as noun of neuter of alterativus (see below); as adjective < post-classical Latin alterativus producing change (from 12th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources), able to be changed (late 15th cent.) < alterat- , past participial stem of alterare alter v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French alteratif (13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman (in medical use) as adjective; 1495 in an isolated attestation as noun, and subsequently from 1700; French altératif ), Spanish alterativo (late 14th cent. as adjective, late 15th cent. as noun in medical use), Italian alterativo , adjective (beginning of the 14th cent.). Compare later alterant adj., alterant n. A. n. Medicine. An alterative medicine or remedy. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [noun] alterativea1398 dietic1659 alleotic1721 alterant1722 eutrophic1884 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. xxi. 367 Þe cure is wiþ hote alteratiues. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 42^v Alteratiuez [?c1425 Paris altrynge medecynes]. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. i. 434 Of alteratiues and Cordials, no man doubts. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory App. i. i. 45 Alteratives..have a Power of changing the Constitution without any sensible Increase, or Diminution of the natural Evacuations. 1781 G. Crabbe Library 6 Here alt'ratives by slow degrees controul The chronic habits of the sickly soul. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 422 If, therefore, sarsaparilla have any value whatever in disease, it must be simply as an alterative. 1926 Amer. Mercury July 331/1 This preparation, according to the label, was powerful as an alterative and antiseptic. 1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind x. 268 Elite medicine also made a fancy parade of alteratives, diluents, deobstruents and similar hifalutin categories. B. adj. 1. Medicine. Of a medicine or remedy: held to act by altering processes within the body, esp. as opposed to causing excretion or evacuation; designating such action; = altering adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [adjective] alterativea1400 altering?c1425 alleotical1657 alterant1678 alleotic1853 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 74 Þis drynke is alteratijf [?a1450 BL Add. alteratyff]: þat is to seie, chaunginge. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 56 Þe cause why þat a bone is nouȝt sowded..is..þe feblenesse of þe norisshynge and of þe alteratyf vertue [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. vertue nutritiue & alteratiue], when þe membres ben colde. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 54^v It hath vertue alteratiue, resoluative, and excicatiue. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll1^v Cannot be remoued by medicine alteratiue . View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. ii. 435 Simples are Alteratiue or Purgatiue. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6167 How and Why some Medicins are Vomitive, some Purgative, others Sudorifique, others Diuretique, some Alterative. 1775 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1847) xlix. 451 My opinion of alterative medicine is not high, but quid tentasse nocebit? 1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (1877) 23 Iodine has a powerful alterative action. 1915 Lancet 16 Jan. 145/2 This alterative action of the waters is particularly observed in cases of rheumatism, gout, arthritis, [etc.]. 1954 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 54 682/2 (advt.) Riasol has an alterative action on the skin, tending to help reestablish healthy functions in the epidermal layers. 2007 A. Williams Spa Bodywork 92/1 Fir could be chosen for its alterative action, which helps the body to regain balanced function. 2. Able to be altered; changeable. rare. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Alterative, changed, or that may be changed. 1942 J. G. Miller Unconsciousness ix. 239 These are the major points of this statement: Condensation and distortion occur—we have ample proof that memory is alterative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.a1398
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