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1. (Also,) endemic
natural to or characteristic of a particular place, people, etc.:
an endemic disease; endemic unemployment.
2. endemic
belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place:
a species of bat endemic to Mexico.
3. (n.) endemic
an endemic organism or disease.
Etymology: (1655–65; < NL endēmicus= Gk éndēm(os) endemic (en-en -2+-demos, adj. der. of dêmos people) + L -icus -ic)
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1. (noun) endemic, endemic disease
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
2. (adj) endemic
a plant that is native to a certain limited area
"it is an endemic found only this island"
3. (adj) endemic, endemical
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"
4. (adj) endemic
native to or confined to a certain region
"the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
5. (adj) autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) endemic
alt. of Endemical
2. (noun) endemic
an endemic disease
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. endemic
a term applied to diseases which affect the inhabitants of certain countries and localities, and which arise from strictly local causes, e.g. neighbouring swamps, bad sanitation, impure water, climate, &c.
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Sense: (of a disease etc) regularly found in people or a district owing to local conditions
Malaria is endemic in/to certain tropical countries.
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 Afrikaans: endemies |
 Arabic: مُسْتَوْطِن |
 Bulgarian: ендемичен |
 Brazilian: endêmico |
 Czech: endemický |
 German: heimisch |
 Danish: endemisk |
 Greek: ενδημικός |
 Spanish: endémico |
 Estonian: endeemiline |
 Farsi: بومی |
 Finnish: kotoperäinen |
 French: endémique |
 Hebrew: מַחָלָה נְפוֹצָה |
 Hindi: विशेष क्षेत्री, स्थानिक |
 Croatian: endemski |
 Hungarian: endemikus, endémiás (bete |
 Indonesian: mewabah |
 Icelandic: landlægur |
 Italian: endemico |
 Japanese: 風土性の |
 Korean: 풍토성인 |
 Lithuanian: vietinis, endeminis |
 Latvian: (par slimību) endēmisks, |
 Malay: endemik |
 Dutch: endemisch |
 Norwegian: knyttet til et bestemt om |
 Polish: endemiczny |
 Persian: بومی |
 Pashto: ساری |
 Portuguese: endémico |
 Romanian: endemic |
 Russian: эндемический |
 Slovak: endemický |
 Slovenian: endemičen |
 Serbian: endemski |
 Swedish: endemisk, inhemsk |
 Thai: ซึ่งเป็นโรคประจำท้องถิ่น |
 Turkish: yerel, yöresel |
 Taiwanese: (疾病等)地方性的 |
 Ukrainian: ендемічний; місцевий |
 Urdu: کسے خاص طبقے یا علاقے میں |
 Vietnamese: bệnh địa phương |
 Chinese: （疾病等）地方性的 |
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