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English

Etymology

From {{term|ἐν||in|tr=en|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} + {{term|δῆμος||people|tr=dēmos|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}}. Possibly via {{term|ἔνδημος|tr=endēmos|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} and/or French .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-endemic.ogg


Adjective

  1. native|Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
  2. : Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
  3. peculiar|Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
  4. : The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
  5. prevalent|Prevalent in a particular area or region.
  6. : Malaria is endemic to the tropics.


Usage notes

An endemic disease is one which is constantly present in a given area, though usually at low levels, whereas an epidemic is widespread and has a high incidence. A sporadic disease occurs now and then at low levels.

Synonyms


Antonyms


Translations

  • Russian: {{t-|ru|эндемический|tr=endemícheskii|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: endémico
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish: ,
  • French:
  • German:

Noun

  1. An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
  2. : California's flora includes many endemics.


Translations

  • Russian: {{t-|ru|эндемик|tr=endémik|sc=Cyrl}}

Related terms


Category:Biology

fa:endemic fr:endemic io:endemic pl:endemic ru:endemic simple:endemic fi:endemic ta:endemic vi:endemic zh:endemic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Endemic \En*dem"ic\, n. (Med.)
An endemic disease.
[1913 Webster]

Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart,
sometimes rises into an epidemic. --J. B. Heard.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Endemic \En*de"mic\, Endemical \En*de"mic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, ?; ? +
? the people: cf. F. end['e]mique.] (Med.)
1. Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of
persons; as, an endemic disease.
[1913 Webster]

Note: An endemic disease is one which is constantly present
to a greater or less degree in any place, as
distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails
widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a
sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now
and then.
[1913 Webster]

2. Belonging or native to a particular people or country;
native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized;
hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given
region; local; as, a plant endemic in Australia; -- often
distinguished from exotic.

The traditions of folklore . . . form a kind of
endemic symbolism. --F. W. H.
Myers.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet endemic
adj 1: of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a
disease) constantly present to greater or lesser
extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to
the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and
starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"
[syn: endemical] [ant: epidemic, ecdemic]
2: native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have
a number of interesting endemic species" [ant: cosmopolitan]
3: originating where it is found; "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" [syn: autochthonal,
autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous]
n 1: 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 [syn: endemic disease]
2: a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an
endemic found only this island"
Moby Dictionary
abnormality , aboriginal , acute disease , affection , affliction ,
ailment , allergic disease , allergy , atrophy , autochthonous ,
bacterial disease , birth defect , blight , cardiovascular disease ,
catching , chronic disease , circulatory disease , communicable ,
complaint , complication , condition , congenital defect , contagious ,
defect , deficiency disease , deformity , degenerative disease ,
disability , disease , disorder , distemper , endemic disease ,
endocrine disease , epidemial , epidemic , epidemic disease ,
epiphytotic , epizootic , functional disease , fungus disease ,
gastrointestinal disease , genetic disease , handicap ,
hereditary disease , homebred , homegrown , iatrogenic disease ,
illness , indigenous , indisposition , infectious , infectious disease ,
infective , infirmity , inoculable , malady , malaise , morbidity ,
morbus , muscular disease , natal , native , native-born ,
neurological disease , nutritional disease , occupational disease ,
organic disease , original , pandemic , pandemic disease ,
pathological condition , pathology , pestiferous , pestilential ,
plant disease , primitive , protozoan disease , psychosomatic disease ,
respiratory disease , rockiness , secondary disease , seediness ,
sickishness , sickness , signs , sporadic , spreading , symptomatology ,
symptomology , symptoms , syndrome , taking , the pip ,
urogenital disease , vernacular , virus disease , wasting disease ,
worm disease , zymotic


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