endemic

[US]/enˈdemɪk/
[UK]/enˈdemɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. Native to a specific region; characteristic of a particular place
n. A disease that is particular to a certain region

Phrases & Collocations

endemic disease

endemic species

endemic fluorosis

Example Sentences

complacency is endemic in industry today.

that emetic music endemic to department stores.

a marsupial endemic to north-eastern Australia.

an endemic disease of the chest among miners

He said that racism is endemic in this country.

endemic diseases that were the foe of economic development.

attempts to rescue the country from endemic violence

The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.

Food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world.

Objective To observe the effect of organic selenium preparation(maixikang) on endemic arsenium.

diseases endemic to the tropics.See Synonyms at native

The Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan. Somethingendemic is prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality or people:

The endemic fluorosis is a kind of endemia widely distributed in Ningxia, and this is strongly related to the special natural geochemical environment of Ningxia.

The bloodsucking louse also transmits various commutable diseases such as endemic typhus, trench fever and relapsing fever.

the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo;autochthonous rocks and people and folktales;endemic folkways;the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan.

In both cases, the researchers have evoked scenarios of Cretaceous vicariance, followed by endemic species radiation within Madagascar and subsequent dispersal from Madagascar to other areas.

Real-world Examples

These are incredible creatures, endemic to eastern Australia.

Source: Emma's delicious English

Endemic corruption means few Ukrainians trust the courts.

Source: This month VOA Daily Standard English

So tuberculosis is an endemic disease in meerkats.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2022 Collection

Africa, Asia and Latin America are regions where rabies is endemic.

Source: VOA Standard April 2015 Collection

Cholera can be endemic or epidemic.

Source: Selected English short passages

These are countries where the virus is not endemic.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2022 Collection

Each endemic country has its own particular problems.

Source: The Economist - Technology

It housed UN soldiers from Nepal where cholera is endemic.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2013

With money came speculation, bringing in turn those endemic financial crises.

Source: The Economist - Arts

And the issues Bumble is tackling are endemic social ills.

Source: Business Weekly

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