1. (adj)endemic, endemical of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particularlocality "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"
2. (adj)endemic native to or confined to a certain region "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
3. (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"
Definition of 'endemic'
