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Endemic

adjective

Of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality. Synonym: endemical. "Endemic malaria" , "Food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"

Native to or confined to a certain region.

Originating where it is found. Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous. "Autochthonous rocks and people and folktales" , "Endemic folkways" , "The Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

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"Endemic" Quotes from Famous Books

... heartfelt opposition to the Men of Mulinuu. The news of the fighting was of no concern to mortal man; it was made much of because men love talk of battles, and because the Government pray God daily for some scandal not their own; but it was only a brisk episode in a clan fight which has grown apparently endemic in the west of Tutuila. At the best it was a twopenny affair, and never occupied ...

— Vailima Letters • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Endemic" : endemical, flora, disease, plant life, enzootic, ecdemic, epidemic, cosmopolitan, ecology, bionomics, native, plant, environmental science, autochthonous