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ecdemic

[ek-dem-ik]
adjective Pathology.
  1. noting or pertaining to a disease that is observed far from the area in which it originates.
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Compare endemic, epidemic.

Origin of ecdemic

ec- + (epi)demic
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British Dictionary definitions for ecdemic

ecdemic

adjective
  1. not indigenous or endemic; foreignan ecdemic disease
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ecdemic in Medicine

ecdemic

(ĭk-dĕm′ĭk)
adj.
  1. Of or being a disease brought into a region from the outside, neither epidemic nor endemic.
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