systemic

C2+ Topic:The Human Body
US /sɪˈstɛmɪk/ UK /sɪˈstɛmɪk/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    affecting an entire system or body rather than a single part

    Corruption had become a systemic problem across the agency.

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Etymology

From system + -ic, ultimately from Late Latin systema, from Ancient Greek sustēma ('organized whole').

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