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endemic noun
Meaning : 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
Meaning : A plant that is native to a certain limited area.
Example :
It is an endemic found only this island.
endemic adjective
Meaning : Of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality.
Example :
Diseases endemic to the tropics.
Endemic malaria.
Food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world.
Synonyms : endemical
Meaning : Native to or confined to a certain region.
Example :
The islands have a number of interesting endemic species.
Growing or occurring in many parts of the world.
A cosmopolitan herb.Cosmopolitan in distribution.
cosmopolitan, widely distributed
Meaning : Originating where it is found.
Example :
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
