életképesek

Életképesek is the plural form of the Hungarian adjective életképes, which means capable of living or viable. The term is used to describe organisms, cells, seeds, embryos, or conditions that can sustain life or develop to a live state. It derives from élet (life) and képes (able, capable). In scientific contexts, viability refers to the capacity to survive, grow, or function under specified conditions.

In Hungarian usage, életképes is an attributive adjective that agrees with the noun it modifies (for example, életképes mag, életképes sejtek). The form életképesek can appear when the noun is omitted or when referring to a group in a nominalized sense, though typically a noun is supplied (e.g., az életképesek közül). The term is common in biology, medicine, agriculture, and ecology.

Applications and examples include seeds that can germinate (életképes mag), embryos that can develop further (életképes embrió), or cells and tissues that remain functional outside their usual environment (életképes sejtek, életképes szövetek). In agriculture, seed viability testing assesses the proportion of seeds that are alive and capable of germination. In medicine, viability describes the potential for survival or function of tissues, organs, or transplanted material, as well as the viability of neonatal or fetal states under medical care.

Notes on nuance: viability is context-dependent and not an absolute property. Definitions and thresholds vary across disciplines and regulatory frameworks.

See also: viability, embryo, seed germination, cellular viability.