Hormonaalisen

Hormonaalisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective hormonaalinen, meaning hormonal. It is used to describe something related to or influenced by hormones. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number, so hormonal in genitive singular appears as hormonaalisen before a genitive noun, for example hormonaalisen tasapainon (hormonal balance) or hormonaalisen säätelyn mekanismit (mechanisms of hormonal regulation).

The term is common in fields such as endocrinology, physiology, medicine and psychology when referring to processes controlled by hormones or the influence of hormones on growth, metabolism, reproduction, mood and behavior. It is typically applied to systems, regulation, disorders or responses that involve hormones, and it is often contrasted with related terms like endokriininen (endocrine) where appropriate.

Etymology: The adjective hormonaalinen is derived from hormonaali, which denotes a relation to hormones, itself related to the noun hormoni (hormone). The form hormonaalisen reflects Finnish inflection for use with nouns in the genitive case.

See also: Hormones, Endocrinology, Hormonal regulation.