Systemic
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Systemic refers to something that is spread throughout, system-wide, affecting a group or system such as a body, economy, market or society as a whole. Systemic may also refer to:
In medicine
In medicine, systemic means affecting the whole body, or at least multiple organ systems. It is in contrast with topical or local.- Systemic diseaseSystemic diseaseLife-threatening disease redirects here.A systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or affects the body as a whole. Although most medical conditions will eventually involve multiple organs in advanced stage Life-threatening disease redirects here.A systemic disease is one...
, an illness that affects multiple organs, systems or tissues, or the entire body - Systemic effect, an adverse effect of a medical treatment that affects the body as a whole, rather than one part
- Systemic circulationSystemic circulationSystemic circulation is the part of the cardiovascular system which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart. This physiologic theory of circulation was first described by William Harvey...
, carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body and then returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart - Systemic venous systemSystemic venous systemIn human anatomy, the systemic venous system refers to veins that drain into the right atrium without passing through two vascular beds In human anatomy, the systemic venous system refers to veins that drain into the right atrium without passing through two vascular beds In human anatomy, the...
, refers to veins that drain into the right atrium without passing through two vascular beds - Systemic lupus erythematosusSystemic lupus erythematosusSystemic lupus erythematosus , often abbreviated to SLE or lupus, is a systemic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage...
, a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect any part of the body - Systemic inflammatory response syndromeSystemic inflammatory response syndromeSystemic inflammatory response syndrome is an inflammatory state affecting the whole body, frequently a response of the immune system to infection, but not necessarily so...
, an inflammatory state affecting the whole body, frequently in response to infection - Systemic scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis, a systemic connective tissue disease
- Systemic acquired resistanceSystemic acquired resistanceThe systemic acquired resistance is a "whole-plant" resistance response that occurs following an earlier localized exposure to a pathogen. SAR is analogous to the innate immune system found in animals, and there is evidence that SAR in plants and innate immunity in animals may be evolutionarily...
, a "whole-plant" resistance response that occurs following an earlier localized exposure to a pathogen - Systemic pesticidePesticidePesticides are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.A pesticide may be a chemical unicycle, biological agent , antimicrobial, disinfectant or device used against any pest...
, a pesticide that enters and moves freely within the organism under treatment
Other uses
- Systemic biasSystemic biasSystemic bias is the inherent tendency of a process to favor particular outcomes. The term is a neologism that generally refers to human systems; the analogous problem in non-human systems is often called systematic bias, and leads to systematic error in measurements or estimates.-Bias in...
, the inherent tendency of a process to favor particular outcomes - Systemic (amateur extrasolar planet search project)Systemic (amateur extrasolar planet search project)Systemic is a research project designed to search data for extrasolar planets using amateur astronomers. The project utilizes a downloaded console provided on the Systemic web site allowing users to sort through data sets in search of characteristics which may reveal the presence of a planet within...
, a research project to locate extrasolar planets using distributed computing - Systemic linguisticsSystemic linguisticsSystemic functional linguistics is an approach to linguistics that considers language as a particular kind of system, a social semiotics system. It was developed by Michael Halliday, who took the notion of system from his teacher, J R Firth...
, an approach to linguistics that considers language as a system - Systemic functional grammarSystemic functional grammarSystemic functional grammar , a component of systemic functional linguistics , is a form of grammatical description originally developed by Michael Halliday in a career spanning more than 50 years. It is part of a social semiotic approach to language called systemic-functional linguistics...
, also called systemic functional linguistics, a model of grammar that considers language as a system - Systemic riskSystemic riskIn finance, systemic risk is the risk of collapse of an entire financial system or entire market, as opposed to risk associated with any one individual entity, group or component of a system. It can be defined as "financial system instability, potentially catastrophic, caused or exacerbated by...
, the risk of collapse of an entire financial system or market, as opposed to risk associated with any one entity - Systemic shockSystemic shockA systemic shock is a shock to any system that perturbs a system enough to drive it out of equilibrium. Systemic shocks occur in a wide range of fields, ranging from medicine to economics to engineering...
, a shock to any system strong enough to drive it out of equilibrium, can refer to a change in many fields - Systemic therapySystemic TherapySystemic therapy is a form of psychotherapy which seeks to address people not on individual level, as had been the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but as people in relationship, dealing with the interactions of groups and their interactional patterns and dynamics.- History :Systemic therapy has...
, a school of psychology dealing with the interactions of groups and their interactional patterns and dynamics - Systems psychologySystems psychologySystems psychology is a branch of applied psychology that studies human behaviour and experience in complex systems. It is inspired by systems theory and systems thinking, and based on the theoretical work of Roger Barker, Gregory Bateson, Humberto Maturana and others. It is an approach in...
, also called systemic psychology, a branch of applied psychology based on systems theory and thinking