systemic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite affecting an entire system
    • a systemic poison

WordNet

Sys*tem"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
  2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases.

Webster 1913