endemic

adj.

1. Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people: diseases endemic to the tropics. See synonyms at native.
2. Ecology. Native to or confined to a certain region.

n. Ecology
An endemic plant or animal.

[From Greek endēmos, native, endemic : en-, in; see en-² + dēmos, people.]

endemically en·dem'i·cal·ly adv.
endemism en·dem'ism n.

(en-DEM-ik)

adjective
1. Natural to a particular people or place; always present in a particular area.
2. Confined to a geographic region.

Etymology
From Greek endemos (native), from en- (in) + demos (people)

Usage
"Some of the worst actors on the international stage can also take advantage of the collective exhaustion and outrage that people feel with official corruption, as we've seen with Islamic extremists who promise purification, but deliver totalitarianism. Endemic corruption opens the door to this kind of movement, and in its wake comes a new set of distortions and betrayals of public trust." — Barack Obama; An Honest Government, A Hopeful Future; Speech at the University of Nairobi, Kenya; Aug 28, 2006.

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adjective

Existing, born, or produced in a land or region: aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous, native. See native/foreign.

adj

Peculiar to a specific location or region, or within a specific group of people.

Occurring within a specified locality; not introduced.

Present in a predictable, continuous pattern in an animal community at all times; said of a disease which is clustered in space but not in time. See also enzootic.

• e. erosive stomatitis — resembles bovine papular stomatitis. Recorded in Africa as spreading to and from cattle and humans.

Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic area.

IN BRIEF: Found especially or only in a certain region.

That rare orchid is endemic to one particular area of the Everglades in Florida.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - knyttet til bestemt folk, endemisk
n. - endemi

Nederlands (Dutch)
inheems, typisch, inheems (e) dier/plant/ziekte

Français (French)
adj. - endémique
n. - endémie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - endemisch, einheimisch
n. - endemische Krankheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ιατρ., μτφ.) ενδημικός

Italiano (Italian)
endemico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - endêmico

Русский (Russian)
свойственный, эндемическое заболевание, эндемик

Español (Spanish)
adj. - endémico
n. - (med) endemia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inhemsk, endemisk, endemisk sjukdom

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
风土的, 地方的, 地方病, 风土病

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 風土的, 地方的
n. - 地方病, 風土病

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 한 지방에 특유한
n. - 풍토병

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 特有の
n. - 風土病, 地方病

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستوطن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מקומי, מוגבלת למקום מסוים (מחלה), מוגבל‬
n. - ‮מחלה או צמח המוגבלים למקום מסוים‬

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