Systemic - in Medicine

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In medicine, systemic means affecting the whole body, or at least multiple organ systems. It is in contrast with topical or local.

  • Systemic disease, an illness that affects multiple organs, systems or tissues, or the entire body
  • Systemic administration, a route of administration of medication so that the entire body is effected
  • Systemic effect, an adverse effect of a medical treatment that affects the body as a whole, rather than one part
  • Systemic circulation, carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body and then returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart
  • Systemic venous system, refers to veins that drain into the right atrium without passing through two vascular beds
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus, a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect any part of the body
  • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, 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 resistance, a "whole-plant" resistance response that occurs following an earlier localized exposure to a pathogen
  • Systemic pesticide, a pesticide that enters and moves freely within the organism under treatment

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