<B>systemically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a systemic manner; in or on the body as a whole. </DL>
<A NAME="systemiccirculation">
<B>systemic circulation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the part of the circulatory system that carries the blood from the heart to the other parts of the body. </DL>
<A NAME="systemicinsecticide">
<B>systemic insecticide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an insecticide that a plant is able to absorb throughout its circulatory system without harm to itself. <BR> <I>Ex. These systemic insecticides are all compounds of phosphorus, and by preparing them from radioactive phosphorus the scientists are able to trace their course after they are sprayed onto plants (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="systemicity">
<B>systemicity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being systemic. </DL>
<A NAME="systemiclupuserythematosus">
<B>systemic lupus erythematosus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the acute, fatal form of lupus erythematosus, attacking both the skin and viscera of the body. </DL>
<A NAME="systemicpainting">
<B>systemic painting,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>painting in the style of minimal art. <DD><B> 2. </B>a painting done in this style. </DL>
<B>systemless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without system. </DL>
<A NAME="systemsanalysis">
<B>systems analysis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific and mathematical analysis of systems to improve their efficiency, accuracy, or general performance, especially through the optimal use of electronic computer or data-processing machines; operations research. <BR> <I>Ex. Systems analysis has gotten its biggest boost from the space industry, which could scarcely hope that huge rockets and space vehicles, made in pieces by 40 or 50 subcontractors, would work when put together without some overall way of keeping track of all the loose ends (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="systemsanalyst">
<B>systems analyst,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in systems analysis. <BR> <I>Ex. A systems analyst in an industrial plant might analyze time studies, inventory records, marketing forecasts, and equipment downtime to develop a computer-based, integrated production system (Steven Norwood).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="systemsengineer">
<B>systems engineer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in systems engineering. </DL>
<A NAME="systemsengineering">
<B>systems engineering,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> that branch of engineering that specializes in the technical and economic aspects of production systems. </DL>
<A NAME="systemwide">
<B>systemwide, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> covering the entire system; over and throughout all of a system. <BR> <I>Ex. The central board's plan provides for a systemwide school curriculum that would meet city as well as state standards (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="systole">
<B>systole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the normal, rhythmical contraction of the heart, especially that of the ventricles, when blood is pumped from the heart into the arteries. Systole alternates with diastole, the two together constituting the cardiac cycle. <DD><B> 2. </B>the shortening of a long syllable in Greek or Latin verse. </DL>
<A NAME="systolic">
<B>systolic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or characterized by a contraction of the heart. </DL>
<B>syzygetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with a syzygy or syzygies. </DL>
<A NAME="syzygetically">
<B>syzygetically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with reference to a syzygy or syzygies. </DL>
<A NAME="syzygial">
<B>syzygial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of a syzygy. </DL>
<A NAME="syzygy">
<B>syzygy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Astronomy.) the conjunction or opposition of two heavenly bodies, or either of the points at which these occur, especially with respect to the sun and the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. Cognate problems are the determination of the syzygies, last visibilities of the moon, and eclipses (I. Bernard Cohen).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(in Greek and Latin prosody) a dipody, or combination of two like feet (or sometimes of two unlike feet). </DL>
