alterativus

alterativus , productive of change. b alterative (med.); cf. alternativus a. est ‥ fetor ‥ nervorum infectivus et naturalis consistencie in innaturalem ~us Bart. Angl. XIX 38; virtus ‥ ~a omnes reliquas species motus circuit et sequitur Ps.-Gros. 595.  b de medicina egritudinis ~a Gilb. I 35 v. 2; potest dari potus ~us et laxativus Gad. 6. 1.