endemic

About 3.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

   The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

2. adjective Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

   Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

3. adjective Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

   Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

4. noun An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
5. noun A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

Similar words

autochthonous autochthonic autochthonal indigenous native epidemiological pandemic epidemic infectious infected

Often followed by

to in areas species and area diseases disease goiter

Word family

endemically endemicities endemicity endemics endemism endemisms