systemic
[si-stem-ik]
- of or relating to a system.
- Physiology, Pathology.
- pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole.
- pertaining to or affecting a particular body system.
- (of a pesticide) absorbed and circulated by a plant or other organism so as to be lethal to pests that feed on it.
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Origin of systemic
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SAC might not be systemically important like Lehman Brothers, but it is a major force in the markets.
Both were now supported by the federal government and as such no “systemically important” bank would die.
It sounds good, but not if the Fed keeps ignoring problems at individual firms, and systemically.
A country that began the war as one of the poorest in the world was systemically impoverished and even emptied of its people.
systemic
- another word for systematic (def. 1), systematic (def. 2)
- physiol (of a poison, disease, etc) affecting the entire body
- (of a pesticide, fungicide, etc) spreading through all the parts of a plant and making it toxic to pests or parasites without destroying it
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- a systemic pesticide, fungicide, etc
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Word Origin and History for systemically
systemic
adj.
1803, irregularly formed from system, used in medicine and biology for differentiation of meaning from systematic. Related: Systemically.
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systemic
(sĭ-stĕm′ĭk)- Of or relating to a system.
- Of, relating to, or affecting the entire body or an entire organism.
- Relating to or affecting a particular body system, especially the nervous system.
- Relating to systemic circulation.
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