endemic

[ en-dem-ik ]

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adjectiveRarely en·dem·i·cal

[en-dem-i-kuhl] /ɛnˈdɛm ɪ kəl/ .

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: The group is committed to preserving the endemic folkways of their nation.The recession hit especially hard in countries where high unemployment is endemic.
belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place: When traveling, he caught a fever endemic to the tropics.

(of a disease) persisting in a population or region, generally having settled to a relatively constant rate of occurrence:The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 may never disappear, but could become endemic like the flu.

noun

an endemic disease.

Origin of endemic

First recorded in 1655–65; from New Latin endēmicus, equivalent to Greek éndēm(os) “dwelling in a place, native, (of disease) endemic” (from en- “within, in” + dêm(os) “people, district”) + Latin -icus adjective suffix; see en-², deme, -ic

Other words from endemic

en·dem·i·cal·ly, adverb
en·de·mism [en-duh-miz-uhm], /ˈɛn dəˌmɪz əm/, en·de·mic·i·ty [en-duh-mis-i-tee], /ˌɛn dəˈmɪs ɪ ti/, noun
non·en·dem·ic, adjective
un·en·dem·ic, adjective

Words that may be confused with endemic

endemic , epidemic, pandemic

Words Nearby endemic

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How to use endemic in a sentence

Hart does his best to establish that brashness was endemic to the company from the beginning, starting with its co-founder, Bill Bowerman.
A New Book on Nike Pulls No Punches | Martin Fritz Huber | October 2, 2020 | Outside Online
So far most of that interest has come from either larger endemic advertisers in CPG and retail like Adidas and Swarovski or smaller-to-medium-sized businesses.
‘We want to drive more transactions’: As e-commerce sales accelerate, more media dollars are going to Pinterest | Seb Joseph | September 30, 2020 | Digiday
Self, an endemic health and wellness brand, has served as a bridge for helping Condé Nast’s non-endemic titles take a step into health and wellness.
‘It’s a virtuous cycle’: Audiences and advertisers seek health and wellness content and publishers are seeing green | Kayleigh Barber | September 23, 2020 | Digiday
Crompton says that while corn is obviously grown in both Australia and America, the fact that it is so endemic to many parts of our food system, could contribute to its recent success here.
Summer Is Forever With This Corn-on-the-Cob Chair | Emma Orlow | August 28, 2020 | Eater
Yes the audiences in these groups tend to be endemic, they said, but this does not mean the agencies will exclude underrepresented audiences from our other buys.
‘Coming to us for ways to do more’: Advertisers look to curated marketplaces to reach underrepresented audiences | Seb Joseph | July 31, 2020 | Digiday

An outbreak in Madagascar, where the disease is endemic, already has involved more than 100 people and killed almost half.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left) | Kent Sepkowitz | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The findings are unlikely to surprise anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant: sexual harassment is endemic in the industry.
Waitressing Is One of the Worst Jobs for Sexual Harassment | Brandy Zadrozny | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But The Dog surpasses simply documenting the alienation endemic in the 21st-century global village.
Joseph O'Neill's 'The Dog' Has a Dystopian Dubai as Modernity's Stand-In | J.P. O’Malley | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Indeed, a condition of rampant, endemic political corruption is known as a “kleptocracy”—literally, “rule by thieves.”
Ehud Olmert’s Sentencing Won’t Be a Day of Reckoning for Israel’s Leaders | Alon Ben-Meir | May 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Travel from an endemic area to an under-vaccinated population in the United States is a distinct possibility.
Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers, Mumps Are Back. What’s Next? | Russell Saunders | March 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Iffluenza appears to become endemic here, but it has always been a scourge in the islands.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
The agency of their effacement was an endemic disorder known as yellow fever.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Bierce
It is endemic, and becomes, at apparently regular but distant periods, epidemic.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests | J. J. von Tschudi
Unhappily endemic forms of disease went on steadily increasing in prevalence and rates of mortality.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
We have not heard of any endemic in Australia; the epidemic has never visited its shores.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for endemic

endemic

/ (ɛnˈdɛmɪk) /

adjectiveAlso: endemial (ɛnˈdɛmɪəl), endemical

present within a localized area or peculiar to persons in such an area

noun

an endemic disease or plant

Origin of endemic

C18: from New Latin endēmicus, from Greek endēmos native, from en- ² + dēmos the people

Derived forms of endemic

endemically, adverb
endemism or endemicity, noun

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Scientific definitions for endemic

endemic

[ ĕn-dĕm′ĭk ]

Relating to a disease or pathogen that is found in or confined to a particular location, region, or people. Malaria, for example, is endemic to tropical regions. See also epidemic pandemic.
Native to a specific region or environment and not occurring naturally anywhere else. The giant sequoia is endemic to the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Compare alien indigenous.

usage For endemic

A disease that occurs regularly in a particular area, as malaria does in many tropical countries, is said to be endemic. The word endemic, built from the prefix en-, in or within, and the Greek word demos, people, means within the people (of a region). A disease that affects many more people than usual in a particular area or that spreads into regions in which it does not usually occur is said to be epidemic. This word, built from the prefix epi-, meaning upon, and demos, means upon the people. In order for a disease to become epidemic it must be highly contagious, that is, easily spread through a population. Influenza has been the cause of many epidemics throughout history. Epidemics of waterborne diseases such as cholera often occur after natural disasters such as earthquakes and severe storms that disrupt or destroy sanitation systems and supplies of fresh water.

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