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endemic

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.

synonym: endemic disease.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Polish: endemia

2 endemic

A plant that is native to a certain limited area.

adjective

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.

synonym: endemical.

Roget 79: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, ... show more

Roget 221: interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, intraregarding; inmost, innermost; deep seated, gut; intestine, intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; ... show more

Roget 655: diseased; ailing etc. v.; ill, ill of; taken ill, seized with; indisposed, unwell, sick, squeamish, poorly, seedy; ... show more

2 endemic

Native to or confined to a certain region.

Polish: endemiczny

3 endemic

Originating where it is found:
— Endemic folkways.

synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous.

Polish: autochtoniczny


Moby thesaurus: abnormality, aboriginal, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, autochthonous, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, cardiovascular disease, catching, chronic disease, circulatory disease, communicable, complaint, complication ... show more.

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