ALTERANT
\ˈɒltəɹənt], \ˈɒltəɹənt], \ˈɒ_l_t_ə_ɹ_ə_n_t]\
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Alterative; see, also, Alteration.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An old term for a medicine which is supposed to produce favorable changes in the body without appreciably changing the nature of its fluids and solids. The following drugs were classed as alteratives: Mercury, arsenic, iodin, gold, iron and the iodids of sodium and potassium. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.