<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to a system, especially when affecting the entirety of a thing: systemic flaws in the design and construction of the vehicles</li><li>relating to or noting a policy, practice, or set of beliefs that has been established as normative or customary throughout a political, social, or economic system: systemic racism</li><li>systemic inequality; systemic racism</li><li>Physiology, Pathology: relating to or affecting the body as a whole</li><li>relating to or affecting a particular body system</li><li>(of a pesticide) absorbed and circulated by a plant or other organism so as to be lethal to pests that feed on it</li></ul>