Eilääketieteellisten

Eilääketieteellisten is a Finnish genitive plural form of the adjective eilääketieteellinen, meaning non-medical. It is used to describe nouns that are not related to medicine, especially when the head noun is plural and in the genitive case, for example: eilääketieteellisten alojen tutkimus (research of non-medical fields) or eilääketieteellisten alojen koulutusohjelmat (educational programs in non-medical fields).

Orthography and etymology: The adjective is formed from the negation prefix ei- attached to lääketieteellinen (medical). In formal writing the hyphenated form ei-lääketieteellinen is common; the closed form eilääketieteellinen appears in some texts but is less standard. The genitive plural ending -isten yields eilääketieteellisten when modifying a plural noun in genitive.

Usage: The term appears mainly in academic, policy, and administrative contexts to distinguish non-medical disciplines, studies, or services from medical ones. It is not typically used in everyday speech. It helps categorize areas such as education, research, or regulation that fall outside the medical field, for example when discussing funding, curricula, or ethical considerations that apply to non-medical subjects.

See also: lääketieteellinen; ei-lääketieteellinen; lääketieteellinen ala; ei-lääketieteellinen ala.