Eritettävien

Eritettävien is a Finnish grammatical form used to describe substances or compounds that can be excreted or secreted. It is the genitive plural of the participial adjective eritettävä, which is derived from the verb erittää, meaning to secrete or excrete. In technical language, eritettävien functions as a modifier in noun phrases to indicate “those that can be excreted” or “excretable.”

In practice, eritettävien appears most often in scientific and medical contexts. It is used to distinguish substances that organisms can eliminate from the body or that can be removed during processing. For example, eritettävien aineiden pitoisuus means the concentration of excretable substances, and eritettävien epäpuhtauksien erittyminen refers to the secretion or excretion of excretable contaminants. The form emphasizes capability rather than the actual act of excretion.

Grammatically, eritettävien is the genitive plural form of eritettävä and is used to modify a following noun in a possessive/genitive sense, as in eritettävien aineiden or eritettävien yhdisteiden pitoisuudet. When describing a single item, the singular form eritettävä would be used, and for nominative plural the form eritettävät would appear.

Overall, eritettävien is a specialized adjective form that helps specify which substances are capable of being excreted, with common usage in biology, pharmacology, toxicology, and environmental science.