noun
- A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location.
- synonyms: endemic disease
- A plant that is native to a certain limited area.
- usage: "it is an endemic found only this island"
adjective
- Of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality.
- usage: "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"
- synonyms: endemical
- Native to or confined to a certain region.
- usage: "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
- Originating where it is found.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous
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