nukutetaan

Nukutetaan is a Finnish verb form meaning to cause someone to sleep or to anesthetize. It is the present passive form of the transitive verb nukuttaa and is commonly used in medical and veterinary contexts to describe putting a patient or animal under anesthesia before a procedure.

In healthcare, nukutetaan describes the act of administering anesthesia so that a patient does not wake during surgery. The agent performing the action is the clinician or anesthesiologist. The passive form emphasizes the state of the patient rather than the doer: Potilas nukutetaan ennen leikkausta.

In veterinary practice, nukutetaan is often used to refer to anesthesia for procedures; in everyday language it can also imply euthanasia when used as "nukutettiin koira" or "nukutettiin lemmikki" to end a life with consent. The nuance depends on context; for explicit meanings, terms such as nukutus (anesthesia) or eutanasia may be used.

Etymology and related terms: Nukutta comes from nukkuva "to sleep" with causative suffixes; nukutus refers to anesthesia or the sleep-inducing state, and nukuttaja is an anesthetist. Related verbs include nukahtaa (to fall asleep) and nukkua (to sleep).