a. | 1. | (Med.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; |
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; | |
n. | 1. | (Med.) An endemic disease. |
Noun | 1. | endemic - 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 |
2. | endemic - a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island" | |
Adj. | 1. | endemic - 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" Synonyms: endemical Antonyms: ecdemic - of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs epidemic - (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" |
2. | endemic - native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species" Antonyms: cosmopolitan, widely distributed - growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" | |
3. | endemic - 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" |