adjective
- of or relating to a system.
- Physiology, Pathology.
- pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole.
- pertaining to or affecting a particular body system.
- (of a pesticide) absorbed and circulated by a plant or other organism so as to be lethal to pests that feed on it.
adjective
- another word for systematic (def. 1), systematic (def. 2)
- physiol (of a poison, disease, etc) affecting the entire body
- (of a pesticide, fungicide, etc) spreading through all the parts of a plant and making it toxic to pests or parasites without destroying it
noun
- a systemic pesticide, fungicide, etc
adj.1803, irregularly formed from system, used in medicine and biology for differentiation of meaning from systematic. Related: Systemically. adj.
- Of or relating to a system.
- Of, relating to, or affecting the entire body or an entire organism.
- Relating to or affecting a particular body system, especially the nervous system.
- Relating to systemic circulation.