alteration

noun3

1. •
   The act of altering or making different.

   • …alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences… — 1594
2. •
   A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
3. •
   The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.

   • The doctors don't see any alteration in the patient's condition.