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systemic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /sɪsˈʈɛː.mɪk/ (India)
  • (US) audio
  • /sɪˈstiː.mɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /səˈstem.ək/ (New-Zealand)
  • /sɪˈstem.ɪk/ (Australia)
  • /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈsɪs.ʈə.mɪk/ (India)

Etymology

From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
    • We can learn from the incidents found it the project database - looking at them and understanding what happened and what might have been done differently. We can see past errors, including systemic issues that required attention at managerial levels. 2022 August 10, Dr Mike Esbester, “New understandings from old incidents”, in RAIL, number 963, page 59:
  2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to an entire organism.
    • Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 2022 March 17, Joan T. Merrill, Victoria P. Werth, Richard Furie et al., “Phase 2 Trial of Iberdomide in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 386, number 11, →DOI, page 1034:

Antonyms

endemic (antonym(s) of “widespread, prevalent”) · topical

Deriveds

portosystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · systemically · metasystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · polysystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · systemic sclerosis (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · systemicity · intersystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · unsystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · pansystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · systemic exertion intolerance disease (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · portasystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · microsystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · systemic lupus erythematosus (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · presystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · episystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · systemic circulation (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · mesosystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · nonsystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · antisystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · cistemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · transsystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · multisystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · suprasystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · geosystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · systemical · systemic therapy (Expressions with this term at the beginning) · monosystemic (Compound words with this term at the end) · macrosystemic (Compound words with this term at the end)

Relateds

systematic · systematize · embedded · system · systematization

Synonyms

holistic

Translations (35)

ru систе́мный (relating to a system) · id sistemis (pertaining to an entire organism) · hu rendszerszerű (relating to a system) · ca sistèmic (pertaining to an entire organism) · pl ogólnoustrojowy (pertaining to an entire organism) · ca sistèmic (relating to a system) · pl systemowy (relating to a system) · hu rendszerszintű (pertaining to an entire organism) · es sistémico (pertaining to an entire organism) · uk систе́мний (relating to a system) · ms sistemik (relating to a system) · sh сѝсте̄мскӣ (relating to a system) · hy համակարգային (relating to a system) · fi systeeminen (pertaining to an entire organism) · cs systémový (relating to a system) · it sistemico (pertaining to an entire organism) · hu általános (pertaining to an entire organism) · de System- (relating to a system) · pt sistêmico (pertaining to an entire organism) · sh sìstēmskī (relating to a system) · fi systeeminen (relating to a system) · hu átfogó (pertaining to an entire organism) · id sistemis (relating to a system) · sl sistemski (relating to a system) · de systemisch (relating to a system) · bg систе́мен (relating to a system) · fr systémique (pertaining to an entire organism) · fr systémique (relating to a system) · ar نِظَامِيّ (relating to a system) · ms sistemik (pertaining to an entire organism) · es sistémico (relating to a system) · sk systémový (relating to a system) · da systemisk (relating to a system) · mk системски (relating to a system) · be сістэ́мны (relating to a system)