Haiguslikke

Haiguslikke is an Estonian adjective form meaning disease-related or pathological. It is derived from the base adjective haiguslik and is used to describe phenomena, conditions, or properties that pertain to disease, illness, or pathology. The form haiguslikke is specifically the partitive plural form of haiguslik, and it is used with plural nouns in the partitive case.

In practice, haiguslikke describes things that are disease-related or characteristically pathological. It often appears in medical, scientific, and academic contexts, where researchers refer to disease-related effects, manifestations, or characteristics. For example, haiguslikke nähtusi or haiguslikke toimeid can be used to speak of multiple disease-related phenomena or effects. The term can also appear in discussions of abnormal or compulsive patterns in a clinical sense, though more precise terms may be chosen depending on the discipline.

Etymology traces the word to haigus (disease) plus the suffix -lik, forming haiguslik, with haiguslikke serving as one of its inflected forms. Related terms include haiguslik (pathological), patoloogiline (pathological in a more formal medical sense), and other forms that align with Estonian adjective declension patterns.

See also: haiguslik, patoloogiline, pathological, Estonian grammar forms for adjectives, partitive case in Estonian.