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endemic definition
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Grep of noun endemic endemic endemic disease endemic typhus Overview of noun endemic The noun endemic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. endemic, endemic disease -- (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) Overview of adj endemic The adj endemic has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. endemic -- ((of 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") 2. endemic -- ((ecology) native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species") 3. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous -- (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") Antonyms of adj endemic 3 senses of endemic Sense 1 endemic (vs. epidemic) epidemic (vs. endemic) => pandemic => pestilent, pestilential, plaguelike, plaguey => epiphytotic => epizootic Sense 2 endemic (vs. cosmopolitan) cosmopolitan (vs. endemic), widely distributed Sense 3 autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous INDIRECT (VIA native) -> foreign Similarity of adj endemic 3 senses of endemic Sense 1 endemic (vs. epidemic) Sense 2 endemic (vs. cosmopolitan) Sense 3 autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous => native (vs. foreign) Attributes of adj endemic Familiarity of adj endemic endemic used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj endemic endemic Overview of noun endemic The noun endemic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. endemic, endemic disease -- (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) Overview of adj endemic The adj endemic has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. endemic -- ((of 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") 2. endemic -- ((ecology) native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species") 3. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous -- (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")
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