- 1affecting or connected with the whole of something, especially the human body a systemic disease
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- 2systemic chemicals or drugs that are used to treat diseases in plants or animals enter the body of the plant or animal and spread to all parts of it systemic weed killers
NAmE//sɪˈstɛmɪkli//
adverb substances that are absorbed systemicallySee systemic in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: systemic