Kliinilisi

Kliinilisi is Estonian and fungerer as the partitive plural form of the adjective kliiniline, meaning clinical. It is used to describe nouns in a clinical context, typically referring to aspects of patient care, clinical practice, or studies conducted in real-world healthcare settings. Kliinilisi appears in phrases where the action or data concerns clinical rather than laboratory or preclinical work.

Etymology and sense: kliiniline derives from international linguistic roots for “clinical,” often traced through German kliinisch or English clinical, with the Estonian form adapting to its agglutinative grammar. The form kliinilisi specifically signals a partitive or plural object, for example when discussing multiple clinical studies, cases, or data sets.

Usage and examples: common collocations include kliinilised uuringud (clinical studies), kliiniline praktika (clinical practice), kliiniline hindamine (clinical assessment), kliinilisi uuringuid or kliinilisi andmeid (clinical data). Because it is partitive plural, kliinilisi is used with nouns in the corresponding case, such as “kliinilisi uuringuid” or “kliinilisi andmeid.” It contrasts with terms describing laboratory or preclinical work, such as laboratoorsed või prekliinilised.

Role and context: kliinilisi signals that the subject matter involves real-world patient care, diagnosis, treatment, or evaluation in a clinical setting. It is common in medical research, healthcare reporting, and clinical education to distinguish practical, patient-centered aspects from laboratory or theoretical work.

See also: kliiniline, kliiniline uuring, kliiniline praktika, kliiniline hindamine.