endemical Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
endemic.
- diseases endemic to the tropics
- endemic malaria
- food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world
WordNet
En*de"mic, En*de"mic*al adjective
(Also<
- Endemic
- Endemical
)
Etymology
Gr. , + the people: cf. F.Definitions
(Med.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an .endemic disease✍ An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then.
En*dem"ic noun
Definitions
(Med.) An endemic disease. Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard.
