systemic

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪˈstɛmɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɪˈstɛmɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(si stem′ik)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
sys•tem•ic /sɪˈstɛmɪk/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Pathologyof or relating to a system.
  2. Pathology
    • Biologyrelating to, affecting, or circulating through the entire body:systemic disease.
sys•tem•i•cal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sys•tem•ic  (si stem′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Pathologyof or pertaining to a system.
  2. Pathology[Physiol., Pathol.]
    • pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole.
    • pertaining to or affecting a particular body system.
  3. Agriculture(of a pesticide) absorbed and circulated by a plant or other organism so as to be lethal to pests that feed on it.
  • system + -ic 1795–1805
sys•tem′i•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
systemic / sɪˈstɛmɪk -ˈstiː-/
  1. another word for systematic1,
  2. (of a poison, disease, etc) affecting the entire body
  3. (of a pesticide, fungicide, etc) spreading through all the parts of a plant and making it toxic to pests or parasites without destroying it
  1. a systemic pesticide, fungicide, etc
sysˈtemically
'systemic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
SLE - aldicarb - autoimmune disease - bound - carcinoid syndrome - cline - collagen disease - contingency - contingent - cortisone - cytomegalovirus - delicacy - enterotoxemia - flucytosine - group - local - lupus - lupus erythematosus - menazon - phorate - phosphamidon - picloram - puerperal fever - rank scale - rankshift - rheumatoid arthritis - systemic circulation - systemic linguistics - systemic lupus erythematosus - tenosynovitis

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