What is the medical term meaning affecting the body as a whole?

Answer 1

The word that describes "pertaining to the body as a whole" is "systemic".

Here are a couple examples in sentences:

• The patient had a localized rash which developed into a systemic reaction to penicillin.
• The systemic effects of hormones are well-documented.

Systemic or anatomical. Body and body habitus also are used to refer to the whole body.

Answer 2

A disease that affects the entire body or multiple organ systems may be called systemic.

Answer 3

Somatic