What does the word system mean?
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A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semi- independent parts. Specifically: 1. The entire organism. 2. Any complex of structures anatomically related, as the vascular system. 3. Any complex of structures functionally related, as the digestive system. 4. In zoology and botany a method of classification, as the Linnean system. 5. A scheme of medical theory, as the Brunonian system. 6. An encyclopedic treatise on medicine or any of its branches, the work of several authors, arranged systematically according to subjects. 7. A progressive course of instruction, arranged according to a definite plan.
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Arrangement in regular order of the parts of the body. See Economy.
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[ Greek] The bodily organism considered as a whole; the entire body( also called Human s.).
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[ Greek] An agglomeration of many more or less heterogeneous parts which unite in the performance of a common function; as the Muscular s., Nervous s., Vascular s., Haversian s. of canaliculi in bone, Aesthesodic and Kinesodic s’s of the cord. S. disease, S. lesion, a disease or lesion, especially of the cord, which affects a series or tissues belonging to the same s., i. e., fulfilling a common function.
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Usage examples for system
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This put an end to all system. – McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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A cash system is by far the simplest. – How to Collect a Doctor Bill by Frank P. Davis
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He was not, however, long in making up his mind that a personal encounter with Mr. Ralph Newton might be good for his system. – Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope
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