Onkoloogilist

Onkoloogilist is the partitive singular form of the Estonian adjective onkoloogiline, meaning “oncological” or “related to oncology.” It is used to describe things connected with the medical field of oncology, which studies cancer, its diagnosis, treatment and research.

Onkoloogia is the medical specialty that focuses on cancer, including the study of malignant diseases, their biology, screening, prevention and palliative care. Onkoloogiline tie remains in various medical phrases to specify that a condition, procedure or concept relates to this field. Examples of common collocations include onkoloogiline ravi (oncological treatment), onkoloogiline haigus (oncological cancer/disease), onkoloogiline kirurgia (oncological surgery) and onkoloogilise diagnostika (oncological diagnostics).

Grammatically, onkoloogiline forms according to case and number. The nominative masculine singular is onkoloogiline; the partitive singular is onkoloogilist; the genitive singular is onkoloogilise. This typifies Estonian adjective conjugation, where the base meaning remains the same while the ending adapts to the syntactic role of the noun it modifies.

In medical writing and clinical contexts, onkoloogiline is commonly used to distinguish cancer-related aspects from other medical domains. It complements broader terms such as onkoloogia (the field) and may appear in patient education materials, research summaries and treatment guidelines.