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Meaning of word endemic from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

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

Of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs.

ecdemic

(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease. Attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously.

An epidemic outbreak of influenza.
epidemic

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