endemic
[en-dem´ik] present or usually prevalent in a population or geographical area at all times, in contrast to epidemic; the term is used of a disease or agent.
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en·dem·ic
(en-dem'ik), Denoting a temporal pattern of disease occurrence in a population in which the disease occurs with predictable regularity with only relatively minor fluctations in its frequency over time. Compare:
epidemic,
sporadic.
[G. endēmos, native, fr. en, in, + dēmos, the people]
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endemic
(ĕn-dĕm′ĭk)adj.1. Prevalent in or limited to a particular locality, region, or people: diseases endemic to the tropics.
2. Native to or limited to a certain region: endemic birds.
n. An endemic plant or animal.
en·dem′i·cal·ly adv.
en·dem′ism n.
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endemic
adjective
(1) Referring to the usual prevalence of a given disease or infection in an area or group. Endemic conditions do not exhibit wide fluctuations over time in a defined place.
(2) For microparasites, such as measles, endemic refers to an infection that can persist in a population in the long term without reintroduction from outside.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
endemic
adjective Referring to an infection or condition which doesn't widely fluctuate over time in a defined place, or which persists in a population without being reintroduced from outsideMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
en·dem·ic
(en-dem'ik) Present in a community or among a group of people; said of a disease prevailing continually in a region.
Compare:
epidemic,
sporadic[G. endēmos, native, fr. en, in, + dēmos, the people]
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endemic
Occurring continuously in a particular population. Literally, ‘among the people’. See also EPIDEMIC and PANDEMIC.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
endemic
(of organisms or disease) having a distribution limited to a particular geographical area such as an island.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Endemic
Natural to or characteristic of a particular place, population, or climate. Threadworm infections are endemic in the tropics.
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en·dem·ic
(en-dem'ik) Denoting a temporal pattern of disease occurrence in a population in which disease occurs with predictable regularity with only relatively minor fluctations.
[G. endēmos, native, fr. en, in, + dēmos, the people]
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