klinillisessa

Klinillisessa is a Finnish inessive singular form of an adjective meaning clinical. In medical and scientific Finnish, it is used to describe something related to a clinical setting or to clinical research. The form is produced by inflecting an adjective derived from the word for clinic (klinikka) or from related medical terminology, and it appears when the modified noun is in the inessive case, for example in phrases like "klinillisessa tutkimuksessa" or "klinillisessa ympäristössä."

Usage in context is typical in academic, clinical, and pharmaceutical writing. The phrase conveys that the mentioned activity, environment, or context occurs within a clinical framework rather than a theoretical or laboratory one. Because Finnish adjectives decline to match case and number, klinillisessa will change to other cases or numbers as required by the sentence, just like other adjectives.

Etymology and related forms: klinillisessa is linked to the root associated with clinics (klinikka) and is part of the broader family of terms used to describe clinical phenomena or activities. In everyday Finnish, more common forms for similar meanings include kliininen and kliinisiin, kliinisiin tutkimuksiin, depending on the exact noun and case. Clinically oriented texts may prefer those alternative forms in some contexts, but klinillisessa remains a valid inessive form when the adjective is derived from the same root.

See also: kliininen, kliininen tutkimus, kliinisiä konteksteja.