Keuhkoinen

Keuhkoinen is a Finnish adjective meaning lung-related or pulmonary. It is used primarily in medical and anatomical contexts to describe phenomena, structures, or diseases associated with the lungs. In English, the closest equivalent is pulmonary or pulmonic.

The term is built from the noun keuhko, meaning lung, plus the common descriptive suffix -inen, which forms adjectives. As a result, keuhkoinen can modify nouns in scientific and clinical writing to indicate a relation to the lungs.

In practice, keuhkoinen appears mostly in formal or specialist language, particularly in medical literature, radiology reports, and anatomy texts. It helps distinguish lung-related aspects from those of other organs. While it conveys a precise sense of pulmonary origin, more specific terms are often preferred in everyday speech or more detailed medical descriptions. For example, instead of relying on a generic phrase, Finnish medical writing typically uses established disease names like keuhkokuume for pneumonia or keuhkoahtaumatauti for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with keuhkoinen serving as a broader descriptor when appropriate.

See also: keuhko, pulmonary terminology, respiratory system, medical terminology in Finnish.