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Endemic means a disease occurs frequently and at a predictable rate in a specific location or population. For example, chicken pox occurs at a high and predictable rate among American school children.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 02/13/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoEndemic means a disease occurs frequently, and with predictable regularity, in a specific area or population. For example, chicken pox occurs at a high and predictable rate among American school children.
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∙ 10y agoThe word 'endemic' means that something is specific to a certain region or area. For example, one use would be to say that a species of monkey was endemic to the tropics.
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How do you use the word endemic in a sentence?
lemurs are endemic to the isle of Madagascar lemurs are endemic to the isle of Madagascar lemurs are endemic to the isle of Madagascar
What does the word non-endemic mean?
Non-Endemic: "not present within a localized area or peculiar to persons in such an area".
Are morepork endemic?
No. Endemic (for birds) is generally taken to mean restricted to a single country. The Morepork is an owl spread across New Zealand, Tasmania and some Australian Islands (e.g. Lord Howe Island), so by the general definition, it's not endemic.
What is a sentence with the word endemic?
(The word endemic is pronounced (en-DEM-ik), meaning "native". The terminology is used in the medical field for a disease caused by a particular event such as an earthquake or volcano, or one confined to a certain region or location. Not to be confused with epidemic, a widespread disease outbreak.)"Malaria is endemic in tropical climates.""Many species of lemurs are endemic to Madagascar.""We had to deal with the endemic corruption of the country."
Can you give a sentence using the word endemic?
Cycling is a way of life in the pancake-flat Netherlands, and bike theft is endemic. Hope that helps.
Will it be endemic in orissa or endemic to orissa?
It will be endemic to Orissa.
How do you use the word typhus in a sentence?
There was no vaccine for endemic typhus in the great war.
How would you use the word endemic idiocy in a sentence?
Leaving college with massive debt and waning prospects for mitigating employment is testament to the endemic idiocy of a broken educational system.
What is the definition of endemic?
Endemic species are those species of plants and animals which are found exclusively in a particular area. They are naturally not found anywhere else.
Can you give me a sentence with endemic in it?
The giraffe is endemic to Africa
What are endemic species and why are polar bears endemic in the polar regions?
Endemic means found only in a specific region , thus polar bears are endemic to polar regions .
What is a word that means local and begins with the letter E?
Endemic is a word that means local and starts with 'E." It refers to patterns of disease occurrence.
