subsystemicadj.
/ˌsʌbsᵻˈstiːmɪk/, /ˌsʌbsᵻˈstɛmɪk/, U.S. /ˌsəbsəˈstɛmɪk/ That is less than systemic, or at a level below the systemic. Also: of or relating to a subsystem or subsystems.
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1851 J. J. G. Wilkinson Human Body 62 We find in the body that there are already two movements, which we will designate systemic and the sub-systemic; the movement of the respiration is the systemic, that of the pulse the sub-systemic.
1946 Q. Rev. Biol. 21 185/1 The stratigraphic ranges of the genera are not indicated in relation to the boundaries of lesser than systemic and subsystemic stratigraphic ranks.
1966 S. Beer Decision & Control xvi. 428 The prefrontal lobe of the cortex..has no specific sub-systemic control responsibilities.
1973 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 86 488/2 Antegrade flow delivered from the left carotid artery through a high resistive circumflex cannula reduces the effective pressure head in the peripheral circumflex artery to subsystemic levels.
2006 M. A. K. Halliday & J. Webster Computational & Quantitative Stud. xi. 251 The system accommodates sub-systemic variation (variation in register).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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