Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

systemic

/sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: sys-temic
IPA: /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.

adj

Pertaining to an entire organism.

Example Sentences

"We can learn from the incidents found it the project database - looking at them and understanding what happened and what might have been done differently. We can see past errors, including systemic issues that required attention at managerial levels."
"Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)."

Etymology

From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/
British English: /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/

Derived Forms

systemical systemically systemicity antisystemic cistemic episystemic geosystemic intersystemic macrosystemic mesosystemic metasystemic microsystemic

Phrases

systemic circulation systemic exertion intolerance disease systemic lupus erythematosus systemic sclerosis systemic therapy

Frequently Paired Words

system systematic systematization systematize embedded

Synonyms

holistic

Antonyms

topical endemic

Rhymes With

academic non-academic epidemic pandemic endemic ischemic polemic epistemic glycemic nemec nonacademic remick

Questions

How do you pronounce systemic?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/.
What does systemic mean?: Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
Where does systemic come from?: From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic.

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