English Explanatory Dictionary

endemic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
  2. Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
  3. Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
noun
  1. An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
  2. A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

Pronunciation

/ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/ /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/ en-us-endemic.ogg en-au-endemic.ogg

Word forms

endemic endemick endemics

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -ic. Possibly via Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique. By surface analysis, en- + demic.

Synonyms

native indigenous precinctive

Antonyms

alien introduced systemic

Related words

ecdemic endemism epidemic pandemic

Derived words

Balkan endemic nephropathy coendemic endemical endemically endemicity holoendemic hyperendemic hypoendemic mesoendemic microendemic near-endemic neoendemic nonendemic palaeoendemic paleoendemic stenoendemic subendemic synendemic tripledemic
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