ENDEMIC

(noun) a plant that is native to a certain limited area
"it is an endemic found only this island"
(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
(adj.) native to or confined to a certain region
"the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
(adj.) 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
Diseases like plague, small pox, malaria are still endemic to asian countries. -added by priyavanjeri
(adj.) 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

Mnemonics for endemic

(Tag: ) simple think of epidemic as an epidemic desease that spreads a vast area and endemic disease as a disease that spreads only a confined area
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(Tag: ) epidemic is something that is confined to vast area and endemic is confined to small area
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(Tag: eng) end of(demic)democracy-this characteristic,nw a days,is confined to a very little no of countries..
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(Tag: ) Think: "In a demographic," which relates to a specific portion of the population.
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(Tag: english) The disease only spreads in a certain area, so epiDEMY ENDs outside of that aream (endemic)
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(Tag: ) endemic = end of a mic(sound system) is for a local area.
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