Systemic

//sɪˈstɛmɪk// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society. not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to an entire organism. not-comparable

    "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)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    affecting an entire system wordnet

Etymology

From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic.

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