endemic

(ĕn-dĕm'ĭk)
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.

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An endemic disease is one that is regularly or only found among a particular people or in a particular region, whereas an epidemic disease is a temporary but widespread outbreak of a disease. Epidemic, but not endemic, also functions (more usually) as a noun. Both words have extended meanings in relation to things other than diseases:

It is among managerial and professional workers that sponging, skiving and malingering is epidemic—New Society, 1975

Recurrent energy crises are endemic in African agricultural societies—G. T. Nurse, 1985

Action must be taken to tackle the endemic problem of begging in the city centre—Belfast Telegraph, 2007.

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adjective

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

Occurring within a specified locality; not introduced.

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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present in or peculiar to a more or less localized area, e.g. an endemic disease. Compare enzootic.

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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.

adj

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

For a list of words related to endemic, see:

• Diagnostic Terminology - endemic: disease that is constantly present in particular region but generally under control
• Genetics, Heredity, and Evolution - endemic: species found only in limited geographic area

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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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