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Adjective: systemic  si'ste-mik
  1. Affecting an entire system
    "a systemic poison"
     
  2. (of an insecticide, weed killer, etc.) entering the sap or bloodstream so as to affect the whole organism
    "They applied a systemic pesticide to protect the entire plant"

See also: general

Encyclopedia: Systemic