idiopaattisista

Idiopaattisista is a Finnish grammatical form used in medical and scientific writing to indicate idiopathic conditions in the elative plural. It arises from the adjective idiopaattinen, which means idiopathic or caused by an unknown etiology. In practice, idiopaattisista appears in phrases that describe the source or nature of a condition as being idiopathic.

In Finnish, idiopaattinen describes a condition with no identifiable cause after evaluation. The word is commonly used in clinical discussions to classify diseases or symptoms whose origin remains unknown. The elative plural form idiopaattisista is typically found in expressions like idiopaattisista syistä (from idiopathic causes), idiopaattisista tapauksista (from idiopathic cases), or similar constructions where the subject is plural and the relation is “from/relating to idiopathic causes.”

Etymology and cognates: The Finnish term idiopaattinen is a direct loan adapted from the English idiopathic, which itself comes from Greek idios (one’s own, private) and pathos (suffering). The Finnish form uses standard inflection with the typical -inen adjective ending, yielding a full set of declined forms (e.g., idiopaattisen, idiopaattista, idiopaattiset, idiopaattisten, idiopaattisista).

Usage note: In Finnish medical literature, idiopaattinen is preferred when a cause cannot be identified after investigation. In English-language contexts, the term idiopathic is used, and its Finnish equivalents align to the same concept. idiopaattisista serves as the plural, elative-form construction needed for specific grammatical contexts.