endemic
adj.
native, local, indigenous; limited to an area; characteristic of a particular location or region
n.
organism that is native to a place or biota in an exclusive; (Medicine) disease that is continuously present more or less in people of a specific class or in people living in a specific area or location
Endemic
Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean "belonging" or "native to", "characteristic of", or "prevalent in" a particular
geography, race, field, area, or
environment; native to an area or scope. It also has two specific meanings:
endemism, an organism being "endemic" means exclusively native to a place or biota
endemic (epidemiology), an infection is said to be "endemic" in a population when that infection is maintained in the population without the need for external inputs.
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endemic
Noun
1. a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
(synonym) endemic disease
(hypernym) disease
2. a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island"
(hypernym) plant, flora, plant life
Adjective
1. of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"
(synonym) endemical
(antonym) epidemic
(similar) enzootic
2. native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
(antonym) cosmopolitan, widely distributed
(classification) ecology, bionomics, environmental science
3. originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
(synonym) autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous
(similar) native
Endemic
(n.)
An endemic disease.
(a.)
Alt. of Endemical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Endemic
Continuously present (as, for example, with malaria in some areas or illicit drugs in a neighborhood). The opposite of epidemic (a sudden outbreak).