systemic
Affecting the whole
Systemic is an adjective describing something that is present throughout an entire system.
Something that affects the entire body, for example, can be called systemic, as in systemic pain.
A systemic risk is inherent to a system’s design.
A systemic pesticide is one that is harmless to the plant but toxic to pests that feed on the plant.
Existing across many places
- endemicNative to one area
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
permeating · embedded · rooted · persistent · underlying · thoroughgoing · comprehensive · extensive
Underlying support system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- foundationalServing as a base
- interconnectedJoined in multiple ways
- integratedCombined into a whole
interdependent · architecture · network · organized · coordinated · hierarchical · layered · complex
Rigid administrative system
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- legislativeConcerning the creation of laws
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
policy · administration · hierarchy · organizational · corruption · reform · oversight · accountability
Body attacks itself
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- chronicPersisting over time
- vascularOf blood vessels
neurological · endocrine · metabolic · renal · hepatic · respiratory · gastrointestinal · pathology
widespread
Existing across many places
- endemicNative to one area
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
ingrained · permeating · embedded · rooted · persistent · underlying · thoroughgoing · comprehensive · extensive · far-reaching
framework
Underlying support system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- foundationalServing as a base
- interconnectedJoined in multiple ways
integrated · interdependent · architecture · network · organized · coordinated · hierarchical · layered · complex · holistic
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- legislativeConcerning the creation of laws
judiciary · policy · administration · hierarchy · organizational · corruption · reform · oversight · accountability · discrimination
autoimmune
Body attacks itself
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- chronicPersisting over time
vascular · neurological · endocrine · metabolic · renal · hepatic · respiratory · gastrointestinal · pathology · immunology
- social equityracial justice, disability rights, racial equity, diversity training, intersectionality
- problem adjectivesserious, severe, major, minor, critical
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- medical descriptorsacute, chronic, mild, moderate, severe
systemictopical
Currently relevant or newsworthy
local · localized · nonsystemic · focal · site-specific
systemicsuperficial
Lacking depth or substance
surface-level · ad hoc · piecemeal · incidental · extrinsic
- immune systemBody's pathogen-fighting network
- pressure systemZone of atmospheric force
- solar systemStar and orbiting bodies
- nervous systemSignal transmission network
- social systemsStructures organizing group life
- sound systemAudio playback equipment
system, systems, systematic, ecosystem, systematize, subsystem, systemization, systemic risk, microsystem