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endemic Definition

en·demic (en demik)

adjective

  1. native to a particular country, nation, or region: said of plants, animals, and, sometimes, customs, etc.
  2. constantly present in a particular region: said of a disease that is generally under control

Etymology: Fr endémique < endémie, endemic disease < Gr endēmia, a dwelling in < endēmos, native < en-, in + dēmos, the people: see democracy

noun

  1. an endemic plant or animal
  2. an endemic disease

endemic Related Forms
en·demi·cally adverb en′·de·mic·ity (en′də misi tē) noun or en·dem·ism′
endemic Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • localize: White-whiskered Spider Monkey ( Ateles marginatus ) This localized endemic is easily found in the forests around Cristalino Lodge.
  • become: Diseases that had been epidemic became endemic in urban centers.

Preposition: in

  • sheep: So too was the risk that, if it had done so, it, like scrapie, might become endemic in sheep.

Adjective modifier

  • Peruvian: Coastal Miner Geositta peruviana 3 records of this Peruvian endemic in the coastal deserts 2/6.
  • Chilean: A Crag Chilia, another Chilean endemic, was then found and although for only a short time, most people saw it well.
  • rare: We have two days to explore the lowlands of São Tomé , where the rarest endemics occur.
  • near: Three new endemics total now eighteen plus eight of the near endemics.
  • Indian: These endemics concerns sometimes birds restricted to the Western Ghats or Southern India, but also more widespread Indian endemics are encountered.
  • African: All in all we recorded more than 50 species of which nearly half were South or southern African endemics.

Modifies a noun

  • subspecies: Further down we looked for the endemic subspecies of Yellow Warbler.
  • sub-species: Five days in northern Taiwan produced a list of 114 species including 12 endemic species and 30 endemic sub-species.
  • specie: There are four endemic palm species in three endemic genera.
  • corruption: The endemic corruption associated with drug money is nothing new here.
  • typhus: Both epidemic and endemic typhus may also be transmitted by inhaling dried louse or flea feces.
  • taxon: Lake Prespa is rich with 24 endemic taxa, 13 fish species, six of which are endemic.

Noun used with modifier

  • tepui: Wednesday 7 th August Dawn saw us once more at km 122, with fingers very firmly crossed for the remaining tepui endemics.
  • trachoma: In most trachoma endemic areas there are not enough ophthalmologists to perform the required number of TT surgeries.
  • malaria: Summary report The malaria endemic in Africa is a more dangerous strain than that in Asia.
  • island: This island endemic is very similar to our Baltimore Oriole.
  • species: The buntings exemplify local adaptive radiation, but may be hybridizing which could eventually produce a new species endemic to the island.

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