Endemic

endemic /en·dem·ic/ (en-dem´ik) present or usually prevalent in a population at all times.

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en·dem·ic (n-dmk)

adj.

1. Prevalent in or restricted to a particular region, community, or group of people. Used of a disease.

2. Enzootic.

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en·demi·cal·ly adv.

en·demism n.

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Endemic

Natural to or characteristic of a particular place, population, or climate. Threadworm infections are endemic in the tropics.

Mentioned in: Dengue Fever, Gulf War Syndrome, Hemorrhagic Fevers, Japanese Encephalitis, Plague, Relapsing Fever, Threadworm Infection, Typhus

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endemic,

n the occurrence of certain diseases as they relate to a population or geographic area.

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endemic,

adj peculiar to a specific location or region, or within a specific group of people.

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endemic

present in a predictable, continuous pattern in an animal community at all times; said of a disease which is clustered in space but not in time. See also enzootic.

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endemic erosive stomatitis

resembles bovine papular stomatitis. Recorded in Africa as spreading to and from cattle and humans.