endemic
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.
an endemic disease.
Origin of endemic
1Other 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
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How to use endemic in a sentence
That’s because enthusiast audiences naturally have higher purchase intent for products that are endemic to their passions, he added.
‘A second chance for publishers’: How Future PLC is using first-party data to sell against high-intent audiences | Kayleigh Barber | December 21, 2020 | DigidayTraffic to Vogue’s 11 endemic sites is up 40% year over year from November 2019 to November 2020, according to Marshall, reaching a record high of a combined 58 million unique visitors last month.
How Vogue’s international approach to audience data helped it reach record readers | Kayleigh Barber | December 18, 2020 | DigidayStates have been sponsoring fast-track online courses for prospective certified nursing assistants, but they have yet to make a dent in the endemic staff shortages.
In a relentless pandemic, nursing-home workers are worn down and stressed out | Will Englund | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostGreenberg said that there are some danger in assuming that because there is non-endemic content playing in a doctor’s office, non-endemic advertisers will pay to play against that content.
‘Not reinventing the content wheel’: Why Meredith is admitting its videos into doctors’ offices | Kayleigh Barber | November 10, 2020 | DigidayThis is why childhood infections such as measles are endemic in many parts of the world where the birth rate is high enough.
COVID-19 might not ever truly go away | By Hans Heesterbeek/The Conversation | October 13, 2020 | Popular-Science
British Dictionary definitions for endemic
/ (ɛnˈdɛmɪk) /
present within a localized area or peculiar to persons in such an area
an endemic disease or plant
Origin of endemic
1Derived forms of endemic
- endemically, adverb
- endemism or endemicity, noun
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Scientific definitions for 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.
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