keuhkoa

Keuhkoa is not a distinct concept on its own; in Finnish grammar it is the partitive singular form of the noun keuhko, meaning lung. The partitive case in Finnish is used to express an indefinite amount, an incomplete object, or a quantity that is not treated as a whole. Therefore keuhkoa appears in contexts where lung tissue or lungs are referred to in a non-specific way, such as in medical descriptions, patient notes, or general discussions about lung anatomy without specifying a whole organ.

The base noun keuhko is a native Finnish term widely used in anatomy and medicine. Keuhkoa shares the same core meaning as keuhko but is simply a grammatical form that appears under certain syntactic conditions. In sentences that require different cases or numbers, keuhko changes form according to Finnish declension patterns, and keuhkoa is one such form.

Etymology for keuhko traces to the Finnic linguistic heritage, with no widely attested direct cognates outside the Finnic language family. The word functions within everyday medical Finnish as a standard element of lung-related terminology, rather than as a separate concept or proper term.

See also

Keuhko, Finnish grammar, Partitive case, Anatomy of the lungs.