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   endemic

   /ɛnˈdɛmɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a disease) regularly occurring within an area or community. "areas where malaria is endemic"
   • ▪ (of an area) in which a particular disease is regularly found: "the persistence of infection on pastures in endemic areas"
   • ▪ (of something bad) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area: "complacency is endemic in industry today"
   • 2. (of a plant or animal) native and restricted to a certain place: "a marsupial endemic to north-eastern Australia"

   noun

   • 1. an endemic plant or animal: "there are three types of island endemics"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. endemically adverb
   • 2. endemicity noun

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   What is the difference between endemic and epidemic?

   • (The now too-familiar relation pandemic slipped into the language in the mid 17th.) In current use, endemic characterizes diseases that are generally found in a particular area—malaria, for example, is said to be endemic to tropical and subtropical regions—while epidemic indicates a sudden, severe outbreak within that region or group.

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   Where did the word endemic come from?

   • The first records of endemic in English come from the mid-1600s. It comes from the Greek éndēm (os). The prefix en- means “in or within” and the Greek root dēm (os) means “people.” So the basic meaning of endemic is “within a certain people” (or “within a certain area”).

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   What is the difference between native and endemic?

   • native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal mean belonging to a locality. native implies birth or origin in a place or region and may suggest compatibility with it. indigenous applies to that which is not only native but which, as far as can be determined, has never been introduced or brought from elsewhere. endemic implies being peculiar to a region.

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   How do you use endemic in a sentence?

   • If you want to underscore just how commonly found and present something is within a particular place, try the word endemic. The saguaro cactus is endemic, or native, to the American southwest — so watch out for its sharp spines when you're hiking in Arizona!

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   Endemic means especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area. Learn more about the usage, synonyms, antonyms, and translations of endemic with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Endemic means belonging or native to a particular place or region, or characteristic of a particular field or area. It can also refer to a disease or outbreak that persists in a locality or population, or a species that is restricted to a specific area.

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   ENDEMIC meaning: 1. especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group…. Learn more.

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   endemic in American English. (ɛnˈdɛmɪk ) adjective. 1. native to a particular country, nation, or region. said of plants, animals, and, sometimes, customs, etc. 2. constantly present in a particular region: said of a disease that is generally under control. see also epidemic: Also enˈdemical.

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   Endemic means regularly found in a particular place or among a particular group of people and difficult to get rid of. Learn how to use this word with pictures, pronunciation, synonyms and collocations.

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   Endemic definition: natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous. See examples of ENDEMIC used in a sentence.

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    endemic: 1 adj native to or confined to a certain region “the islands have a number of interesting endemic species” Antonyms: cosmopolitan , widely distributed growing or occurring in many parts of the world adj originating where it is found “ endemic folkways” Synonyms: autochthonal , autochthonic , autochthonous , indigenous native ...