Ensümaatilise

Ensümaatilise is an Estonian adjective meaning enzymatic or pertaining to enzymes. It is formed from ensüüm, the word for enzyme, with the standard Estonian adjectival suffix and is declined like other adjectives. The base form ensümaatiline is used for the masculine singular nominative, while ensümaatilise is the genitive singular form used to modify a noun in phrases such as ensümaatilise reaktsiooni mehhanism (the mechanism of an enzymatic reaction) or ensümaatilise aktiivsuse tase (the level of enzymatic activity).

In scientific and medical texts, ensümaatiline describes processes, properties and measurements associated with enzymes. Common collocations include ensümaatiline katalüüs (enzymatic catalysis), ensümaatilised omadused (enzymatic properties) and phrases referring to enzymatic activity. The term is standard in Estonian biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology literature and appears in textbooks, research articles and databases.

Notes on usage: as an adjective, ensümaatiline inflects for number and case to agree with its noun. While the core meaning is clear to speakers in scientific contexts, the exact inflected forms vary with grammatical role, so readers will encounter different endings corresponding to the noun they modify. Overall, ensümaatilise serves as a precise descriptor in discussions of enzymatic processes and characteristics in Estonian.