systeemisen

Systeemisen is a Finnish adjective meaning systemic or relating to a system as a whole. It is used to describe phenomena, processes, or conditions that affect the entire system rather than just individual parts. The term appears across fields such as medicine, economics, sociology, and information technology.

In medicine and biology, systeeminen describes diseases or conditions that involve multiple organs or the whole body—for example systeeminen sairaus or systeeminen tulehdus. In economics and finance, the phrase systeeminen riski is used to refer to risks that threaten the stability of the entire financial system. In sociology, management, and IT, systeeminen approaches emphasize interdependencies within the whole system, rather than isolated components, with phrases like systeeminen lähestymistapa or systeeminen analyysi.

Linguistically, systeeminen is the base form; it inflects to agree with a noun in number and case. The genitive singular form is systeemisen, used in phrases like systeemisen talon omistajuus or systeemisen aikakauden kehitys. The adverbial form is systeemisesti, indicating that something is done in a system-wide or systemic manner.

Usage notes: in Finnish, systeeminen contrasts with lokaali (local or specific) and is most common when discussing structures, processes, or diseases that cannot be understood by examining parts in isolation. The term is widely used in technical or formal writing to convey the idea of whole-system interdependence.