kirurgiset

Kirurgiset is Finnish an adjective meaning "surgical" or "pertaining to surgery." It is the plural form of the adjective kiruginen? No. It derives from the noun kirurgia (surgery) and is used to describe plural nouns associated with surgical practice. The base form in singular is kirurge? No need to overcomplicate: kirurgia → kirurginen (singular) → kirurgiset (plural). The term is common in medical and hospital contexts.

The adjective is used to describe items, procedures, or spaces related to surgery. Examples include kirurgiset instrumentit (surgical instruments), kirurgiset toimenpiteet (surgical procedures), and kirurgiset tilat (operating rooms). It can appear both attributively before a noun and in predicative constructions, for example, "Nämä ovat kirurgiset toimenpiteet." The adverb form is kirurgisesti, meaning surgically.

Etymology traces kirurgia from Greek kheirourgia (hand-work) through Latin chirurgia into Finnish. The word is neutral and standard in medical documentation, education, and journalism when discussing aspects of surgical care. It is distinct from related terms such as kirurgia (surgery), kirurginen (singular adjective), and kirurgisesti (adverb). In everyday language, kirugiset is used whenever multiple surgical items, methods, or settings are being described, while singular references would use kirurge? No; the correct singular form is kirurge... Actually, kirurgia, kirurginen, kirurgia? The key point is that kirurgiset marks plural association with surgery.