eilääketieteellisiä

Eilääketieteellisiä is a Finnish adjective form meaning non-medical, used to describe topics, fields, studies, or methods that are not related to medicine. The opposite term is lääketieteellisiä (medical). Eilääketieteellisiä appears in the plural partitive form and can be used with nouns such as tutkimuksia (studies), aloja (fields), or menetelmiä (methods), for example eilääketieteellisiä tutkimuksia, eilääketieteellisiä aloja, or eilääketieteellisiä menetelmiä. It is commonly found in academic, policy, and educational contexts to distinguish non-medical from medical domains.

In Finnish, negation is usually expressed as two words: ei lääketieteellisiä. The fused form eilääketieteellisiä (and related forms) has become common in modern written Finnish, especially in compact or stylistic contexts, but both forms are understood. The choice between ei lääketieteellisiä and eilääketieteellisiä can reflect formality and typographical conventions; the two-word version is often preferred in formal prose, while the single-word version may appear in headlines, titles, or concise text.

Usage of eilääketieteellisiä typically appears when categorizing disciplines, funding priorities, curricula, or research outputs into medical versus non-medical categories. It encompasses a broad range of fields outside medicine, including humanities, social sciences, engineering, and the arts, depending on the context. The term helps clarify scope when discussing interdisciplinary topics or when allocating resources and emphasis between medical and non-medical perspectives.