tsütoloogiliste

Tsütoloogiliste is the Estonian adjective meaning cytological, used to describe nouns connected with cytology, the study of cells. It is the genitive plural form of the adjective tsütoloogiline and occurs when describing plural nouns in the genitive case, for example in phrases like tsütoloogiliste andmete analüüs or tsütoloogiliste rakkude morfoloogia.

Etymology and form: the term derives from tsütoloogia (cytology) with the adjectival suffix -iline. The base adjective tsütoloogiline has several inflected forms to agree with noun gender, number, and case. In contexts that require a genitive plural noun, the form tsütoloogiliste is used, functioning as a modifier just before the genitive plural noun, as in tsütoloogiliste meetodite või tsütoloogiliste uuringute.

Usage: tsütoloogiliste appears predominantly in scientific and technical Estonian, especially in biology, histology, pathology, and related biomedical fields. It commonly pairs with nouns in genitive plural, such as tsütoloogiliste meetodite (cytological methods), tsütoloogiliste andmete (cytological data), or tsütoloogiliste rakkude (cytological cells). The form is typically part of noun phrases within research reports, articles, and academic discussions.

Related terms: tsütoloogia (cytology), tsütoloogiline (cytological, singular nominative), tsütoloogiliste (genitive plural). The word carries no separate meaning beyond describing phenomena, methods, or data pertaining to cytology; its usage is largely restricted to scientific contexts.