Definition of Systemic

1. Adjective. Affecting an entire system. "A systemic poison"

Similar to: General

Definition of Systemic

1. a. Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.

Definition of Systemic

1. Adjective. Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a group, system, body, economy, market, or society as a whole. ¹

2. Adjective. (physiology) Pertaining to an entire organism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Systemic

1. a type of pesticide [n -S] - See also: pesticide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Systemic

systematist
systematists
systemative
systematization
systematizations
systematize
systematized
systematizer
systematizers
systematizes
systematizing
systematological
systematologies
systematology
systemed
systemic (current term)
systemic circulation
systemic lupus erythematosus
systemic therapy
systemically
systemics
systemise
systemiser
systemization
systemizations
systemize
systemized
systemizer
systemizers
systemizes

Literary usage of Systemic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"They consist of two distinct sets of vessels, the pulmonary and systemic. ... The systemic Veins are concerned in the general circulation ; they return the ..."

2. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1916)
"If the process subsides, the physician may be surprised at the rapid disappearance of all evidences of the infection, both systemic and local. ..."

3. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1914)
"If the process subsides, the physician may be surprised at the rapid disappearance of all evidences of the infection both systemic and local. ..."

4. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"ACUTE LYMPHANGITIS WITH systemic INVOLVEMENT.—In a fourth group the process may give rise at once to most alarming systemic symptoms and with or without ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"They consist of two distinct sets of vessels, the pulmonary and systemic. ... The Portal Vein, an appendage to the systemic venous system, is confined to ..."

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