endemic

  • (a) 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
    endemical,
  • (a) native to or confined to a certain region
    • the islands have a number of interesting endemic species
  • (s) 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
    autochthonal, autochthonic, indigenous, autochthonous,

Nouns

  • (n) 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 endemic disease,
  • (n) a plant that is native to a certain limited area
    • it is an endemic found only this island

Synonyms

endemic disease endemical autochthonal autochthonic indigenous autochthonous

Antonyms

epidemic ecdemic cosmopolitan widely distributed

Words of close approximity

endemical endemic disease endemic typhus