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non-systemic


adjective

  1. of or relating to a system.
  2. Physiology, Pathology.
    1. pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole.
    2. pertaining to or affecting a particular body system.
  3. (of a pesticide) absorbed and circulated by a plant or other organism so as to be lethal to pests that feed on it.

adjective

  1. another word for systematic (def. 1), systematic (def. 2)
  2. physiol (of a poison, disease, etc) affecting the entire body
  3. (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

  1. 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.

  1. Of or relating to a system.
  2. Of, relating to, or affecting the entire body or an entire organism.
  3. Relating to or affecting a particular body system, especially the nervous system.
  4. Relating to systemic circulation.
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