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   endemic

   /ɛnˈdɛmɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a disease) regularly occurring within an area or community. "areas where malaria is endemic"
   • ▪ (of an area) in which a particular disease is regularly found: "the persistence of infection on pastures in endemic areas"
   • ▪ (of something bad) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area: "complacency is endemic in industry today"
   • 2. (of a plant or animal) native and restricted to a certain place: "a marsupial endemic to north-eastern Australia"

   noun

   • 1. an endemic plant or animal: "there are three types of island endemics"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. endemically adverb
   • 2. endemicity noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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