systemic

/sis'temik/

Thân thiện

A systemic infection can affect the entire body.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or affecting an entire system: Describes something that impacts a whole system, not just isolated parts. Often used in biology, medicine, and social sciences.
   • Fundamental or pervasive within a system: Refers to something that is inherent to the structure or operation of a system.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The disease caused systemic inflammation throughout the patient's body.
  • The report identified systemic corruption within the government institutions.
  • This pesticide is systemic; it is absorbed by the plant and protects it from the inside.

Advanced Usage

• "Systemic risk": In finance, the risk of collapse of an entire financial system or market.
  • The bank's failure posed a systemic risk to the global economy.
• "Systemic change": A fundamental transformation of a system's structure and rules.
  • The movement advocates for systemic change to address inequality.

Variants and Related Words

• Systematically (adverb): In a thorough, methodical, and systemic way.
  • The data was systematically analyzed.
• System (noun): A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole.
  • The digestive system.

Synonyms

• Pervasive: Spreading widely throughout an area or group.
• Fundamental: Forming a necessary base or core.
• Widespread: Found or distributed over a large area or number of people.

Related Phrases

• Systemic circulation (noun phrase): In biology, the part of the cardiovascular system which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body.
  • The left ventricle pumps blood into the systemic circulation.
• Systemic therapy (noun phrase): A type of psychotherapy that focuses on how an individual's relationships and social context contribute to issues.
  • The family underwent systemic therapy.

Related Idioms

• A systemic problem: A problem that is built into the structure of an organization or process.
  • The constant delays are not due to individual errors but to a systemic problem in our workflow.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. affecting an entire system
   • a systemic poison