Infitseerivad

Infitseerivad is an Estonian verb form used in scientific and medical language. It is the third-person plural present tense of the verb infitseerima, meaning to inoculate or to introduce a substance into a living tissue, organism, or culture. The precise sense depends on context, but common uses include introducing a vaccine into a patient or introducing a substance into a culture or environment.

In practice, infitseerivad appears in sentences describing actions performed by people or institutions such as researchers or medical professionals. For example, infitseerivad kultuuri with bacteria would translate as “they inoculate the culture with bacteria,” and infitseerivad patsiendi vaktsiiniga would translate as “they inoculate the patient with a vaccine.” The related forms include infitseerin (I inoculate), infitseerid (you inoculate), infitseerib (he/she inoculates), infitseerime (we inoculate), and infitseerite (you inoculate, plural).

Etymology and related forms: The word derives from the Estonian verb infitseerima, with infitseerivad as the plural present tense form. Related terms include infitseerimine (inoculation) and infitseeriv (inoculating) or infitseeriv pereform. These forms are used in formal or technical writing, such as laboratory protocols, clinical notes, and research reports.

Notes on usage: Infitseerivad is a standard, neutral term appropriate for describing procedures in medicine, microbiology, and related fields. It is not a separate concept or entity; rather, it is a grammatical form conveying action by plural subjects.

See also: Inoculation, vaccination, infection, infusion, laboratory culture techniques.