Definition of 'endemic'
Noun
- 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 disease - a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island"
Adjective
- of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"
Synonyms: endemical
Antonyms: epidemic ecdemic - native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
Antonyms: cosmopolitan widely distributed - originating where it is found; "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 indigenous
