systemic
adj.
of or pertaining to a system; pertaining to or affecting an entire body or organism
Systemic
systemic
Adjective
1. affecting an entire system; "a systemic poison"
(similar) general
Systemic
(a.)
Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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systemic
[sis-TEM-ik]
Affecting the entire body.
systemic disease
Disease that affects the whole body.
systemic therapy
[sis-TEM-ik THER-a-pee]
Treatment using substances that travel through the bloodstream, reaching and affecting cells all over the body.