What is "endemic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does endemic mean in English? Meaning of endemic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "endemic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "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

Noun

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: endemic endemic disease
  • Hypernyms: disease
  • Meaning of "endemic": of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
  • Example: diseases endemic to the tropics endemic malaria food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world
  • Synonyms: endemic endemical
  • Antonyms: ecdemic epidemic
  • Similar: enzootic
  • Meaning of "endemic": a plant that is native to a certain limited area

    Noun

  • Meaning: a plant that is native to a certain limited area
  • Example: it is an endemic found only this island
  • Synonyms: endemic
  • Hypernyms: flora plant plant life
  • Meaning of "endemic": native to or confined to a certain region

    Adjective

  • Meaning: native to or confined to a certain region
  • Example: the islands have a number of interesting endemic species
  • Synonyms: endemic
  • Antonyms: cosmopolitan widely distributed
  • Meaning of "endemic": originating where it is found

    Adjective

  • Meaning: originating where it is found
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: autochthonal autochthonic autochthonous endemic indigenous
  • Similar: native
  • Adjective: Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs. Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.(Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places. The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.(Especially of diseases.) Prevalent in a particular area or region. Malaria is endemic to the tropics. 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments” These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments” These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.
  • Synonyms:

    local, regional,

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    endemic in English: endemic
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