systemicadjective
uk/sɪˈstem.ɪk/us/sɪˈstem.ɪk/specialized biology A systemic drug, disease, or poison reaches and has an effect on the whole of a body or a plant and not just one part of it.
formal A systemic problem or change is a basic one, experienced by the whole of an organization or a country and not just particular parts of it:
The current recession is the result of a systemic change within the structure of the country's economy.
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Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- completely
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- root
- totally
- unabridged
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
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