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systemic definition

sys·temic (sis temik)

adjective

  1. of a system
  2. Physiol. of or affecting the entire organism or bodily system

noun

any of a group of pesticides that are absorbed into the tissues of plants, which in consequence become poisonous to insects, etc. that feed on them

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