Manustavad

Manustavad is an Estonian verb form corresponding to the third-person plural present tense of the verb manustama, which means to administer or to dispense. It is commonly used in medical contexts to describe the act of giving medicines, vaccines, or other substances to a patient. The form is typically used when referring to several people, such as clinicians, nurses, or caregivers, who administer treatments.

Grammatical notes: manustama is a transitive verb; the direct object is the substance being administered (for example ravimeid or vaktsiine), and the recipient is usually expressed in the allative case (patsiendile). An example sentence is Nad manustavad ravimeid patsiendile. The infinitive is manustama; the noun for the act is manustamine, and related terminology includes manustamisviis (route of administration) and ravimmanustamine (drug administration).

Context and usage: Manustamine is a standard term in medical documentation, prescriptions, hospital guidelines, and patient information materials. It is used to describe both routine administration of medications and specific dosing regimens. The concept often intersects with information about dosage (annustamine) and routes of administration (oral, intravenous, etc.), and it is applicable in veterinary medicine as well as human medicine.

See also: manustama, manustamine, annustamine, ravim/medicament administration terminology.