Meaning & use
systemic
Relating to or affecting an entire system, rather than one isolated part of it.
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Auditors identified systemic problems in how the agency handled complaints.
The infection had become systemic, spreading through the patient's bloodstream.
A note on using this word
In medicine it contrasts with 'local,' and in social contexts it distinguishes deep, structural problems from a single bad incident.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
isolatedlocalized
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