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alterative meaning in Tamil

நலமீட்பு மருந்து

UK/ˈɒl.tɹə.tɪv/US/ˈɔl.tɚˌaɪ.tɪv/

alterative in Tamil: நலமீட்பு மருந்து. In English, alterative means a medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.

Tamil words for alterative

நலமீட்பு மருந்து

English meaning of alterative

  1. noun A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.
  2. adjective Causing alteration.
  3. adjective Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state into a healthy one.

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Questions about alterative in Tamil

What is the meaning of alterative in Tamil?
Alterative in Tamil is நலமீட்பு மருந்து.
alterative என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Alterative: நலமீட்பு மருந்து.
What does alterative mean in English?
Alterative means a medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: alterative (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: alterative (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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