Mikrobioloogilise

Mikrobioloogiline is an Estonian adjective meaning related to microbiology, the branch of science that studies microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, and their interactions with environments and hosts. It is used to describe concepts, procedures, and materials that pertain to microbiology.

The inflected form mikrobioloogilise is used before a noun in certain grammatical cases, most commonly genitive and partitive. For example: mikrobioloogilise analüüsi tulemused (the results of the microbiological analysis) and mikrobioloogilise ohutuse tagamine (ensuring microbiological safety). The word is part of standard scientific vocabulary in Estonian and appears in medicine, food safety, environmental science, and research.

Etymology and related terms: The adjective is formed from mikrobioloogia (microbiology) with the suffix -iline. The base mikrobioloogia decomposes into mikro- (small) and bioloogia (biology). The noun mikrobioloogia denotes the science; mikrobioloogiline describes related concepts, and its various inflected forms are used in different contexts.