endemic

 
Pronunciation: /ɛnˈdɛmɪk/

adjective

  • 1(of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area: complacency is endemic in industry today
  • [attributive] (of an area) in which a particular disease is regularly found: the persistence of infection on pastures in endemic areas
  • 2(of a plant or animal) native or restricted to a certain place: a marsupial endemic to north-eastern Australia

noun

  • an endemic plant or animal: there are three types of island endemics

Derivatives

endemically

adverb

endemicity

Pronunciation: /ˌɛndɪˈmɪsɪti/
noun

endemism

Pronunciation: /ˈɛndɪmɪz(ə)m/
noun
endemic (sense 2 of the adjective).

Origin:

mid 17th century (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios 'native' (based on dēmos 'people')