Terveydellisessä

Terveydellisessä is the inessive singular form of the Finnish adjective terveydellinen, which means health-related or pertaining to health. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the case of the noun they modify, so terveydellinen takes the form terveydellisessä when used with a noun in the inessive case.

The phrase terveydellisessä mielessä is a common example, translating roughly to “in a health-related sense” or “from a health perspective.” The same form can be used with other inessive nouns, such as terveydellisessä kontekstissa (in a health context) or terveydellisessä näkökulmassa (from a health point of view). The construction is typical in formal, academic, or policy-oriented writing, particularly in public health, medicine, and health policy discussions.

Usage notes: terveydellinen generally describes something related to health or health-promoting aspects. As an inflected form, terveydellisessä does not itself carry a meaning independent of the noun it accompanies; its sense derives from the noun in the inessive phrase it modifies. This form is one piece of Finnish health-related terminology, and it contrasts with other related adjectives such as terveellinen (healthy) and health-related nouns derived from terveydestä or terveys.

Etymology: The adjective terv edellinen stems from terveys (health) with the standard Finnish adjective-forming suffix -llinen. The inessive form -ssä is added to agree with the case of the noun it modifies.

See also: terveys, terveydellinen, terveydenhuolto, terveyden edistäminen.